glad to sari-y lout the terms of the j’oint statement in .so far as the admission of ,the German Democra&ic Republic ,and .the Federal Republic of aermany is concerned and sh&d soon have the pleasure of ~welcoming, both the German States in #the fortbooming ,s~~s,sion of ‘the Assembly as full Membens of the world Organization. We lootk forward to working with them in the fullest co-operat+on. We are co&dent &at as ,Members of the world Organiza$ion bolth the German States will use ‘every opportunity for the maintenance and th,e consodidation ,of world peaoe and for oollective eff oti for ,devd opment and progress. 1:26. The Federal Republic of Germany with a popula- tion of nealnly 62 miHion <anId an (area of approximtiely 75,000 square miJes is a member of all the specialised agemies land has baeen an observer member (of the United Na)tioas since 1952. Its ~efie~ctive participation in these organizations is well known. As one of the leading intdustrial and trading natmns of the world, the Federal Republic of Germany has pursued a develop- mental policy which envisages promotion of .economic ,and social pro,gress in Ithe developibllg oountries in a system of world-wide partnership. The total foreign aid given by #the Federal Republic of Germany from 1952 to 1972 oomes to 56,600 mi&n D.eutschmarks of wh3ch 6,600 million Deatschmarks were given during 1971 allolne. The fmeign aid was 0.87 per cent of the gross national produ’ct in 1971; Asia received 509.8 million Deutschmarks and Incdia 270 million Deutsch- marks im 3 97 1, India’s ldevdo~pmental ,effonts have bsen considerably fecilitakeld wilth the timely ~assistance from thle F&ml R’epubBc ,of Germany. 127. Indlia has maintained frien~dly ~-e&ions with the German Fedleral Republic lever since the end of the war and the fsuture offers promising prospects of further growth anId co-operadon in m~any fields. At the end of 