1%7UnitedNations GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-NINTH SESSION OfficialRecords President: Mr.PaulJ.F.LUSAKA (Zambia). Resumption oftltesession 1.ThePRESIDENT: Ideclarethethirty-ninth sessionoftheGeneralAssembly resumed, inaccord­ ancewithdecision 39/456of18December 1984. Tributetothememoryofahead0/Stateand formerPresidents oftheGeneralAssembly 2.ThePRESIDENT: Beforeweconsider theitems ontheagendaforthisafternoon, itismysaddutyto recalltotheGeneral Assembly thedeathsofMr. LindenForbesBumham, President oftheRepublic ofGuyana; Mr.LuisPadillaNervo,President ofthe sixthsessionoftheGeneralAssembly, formerMinis­ terforForei~AffairsofMexicoandformet:'Judgeof theInternatIonal CourtofJustice;andSirMuham­ madZafrulla Khan,President oftheseventeenth sessionoftheGeneralAssembly andfirstMinister forForeignAffairsofPakistan, whichhaveoccurred sincethesuspension ofthethirty-ninth sessionofthe Assembly on12April1985. 3.Iinviterepresentatives tostandandobservea minuteofsilenceintributetotheirmemory. ThemembersoftheAssembly observedaminuteof silence. 4.ThePRESIDENT: Icallontherepresentative of Guyana. 5.Mr.KARRAN (Guyana): Imakethisstatement withmixedfeelings.Itisverykindofyou,Mr. President, andtheGeneralAssembly toexpressyour sympathy inthewayyouhave.Comrade Linden ForbesSampson Burnham guidedthedestinyofthe Guyanese peoplefor21years.Duringthatperiodhe sawGuyana movefromcolonialism toindepen­ dence-mdependence whichhecherished dearly.He brought oursmallnationoutofobscurity, and throughhisforeignpolicyGuyanabecameknown andrespected internationally. Ispeakinparticular of Guyana's commitment toandinvolvement inthe Movement ofNon-Aligned Countries, itsinvolve­ mentinissuesofthethirdworldanditsinvolvement inthecouncils oftheUnitedNations. Underhis presidency, Guyanadedicated itselftothedevelop­ mentofregionalintegration andwasadrivingforce intheprocesswhichculminated intheestablishment oftheCaribbean Community [CARICOM]. 6.Byhisdeath,thenationalliberation movements throughout theworldhavelostacommitted friend andtheMovement ofNon-Aligned Countries has108th PLENARY MEETING Monday, 16September 1985, at3.35p.m. NEWYORK lostatruefriend.Hefeltdeeplyfortheoppressed peoplesoftheworld. 7.TheCommonwealth countries havelostafriend andsohasCARICOM. Itwaswithgreatshockand deepsadnessthattheGuyanese community learned ofhissuddendeath.However, hehaslaidafounda­ tionfordevelopment withinournationalboundaries. Hebelieved inmultilateral institutions andhewas committed totheOrganization-the UnitedNa­ tions-and itsworkings. Ithadhisunswerving support. 8.OnbehalfoftheGovernment andthepeopleof Guyanaandthebereaved familyofthelatePresident Burnham, Ishouldliketoextendmywarmest and sincerest thanksforthesentiments expressed here thisafternoon. 9.Mr.MuNOZ LEDO(Mexico) (interpretation fromSpanish): LuisPadillaNervo,adistinguished Mexican andaneminent internationalist, passed awayon9September attheageof87.Acareer diplomat andagovernment officialforoverhalfa century,hegaveservicetotheinternational commu­ nity. 10.HewasPresident oftheGeneralAssembly atits sixthsessionandJudgeoftheInternational Courtof Justicefrom1964to1973.Minister forForeign Affairsofmycountryfrom1952to1958,Padilla Nervowastwicerepresentative ofMexicoto·the UnitedNationsand,togetherwithBrazil,wasoneof thefirstLatinAmerican members ontheSecurity Council. . 11.Throughout hislongcareer,hedistinguished himselfasoneofthemostfaithfulinterpreters ofmy country's foreignpolicyandofthedeep!tnationalist feelingsofourpeople,firmlyexpressed inthe Mexican revolution of1910andofwllichourown diplomatic actionhasbeenboththereflection and thespearhead. 12.PadillaNervocarriedoutthatpolicyinan exemplary way,apolicywhichhasalwaysbeenbased onprinciples. SincethedaysofSanFrancisco when theUnitedNations wasbeingformed,heaccom­ plishedhisworkandhecantherefore quiterightlybe considered onewhofashioned ourcontemporary multilateral diplomacy andoneofthesteadfast champions ofdecolonization, disarmament andin­ ternational co-operation. Healwayssoughtharmony amongStates,buthealsostoodfirmlyagainstthe excessesofthemighty. 13.Mayhisworkbealessontoeveryone aswellas encouragement toall.Maythesovereignty ofMexi­ co,vigorously reaffirmed inthisforum,continue to strengthen equalityamongnationsandthedignityof theOrganization. That,Mr.President, ismyhopeas Ithankyou,onbehalfofmycountryandonthatof Mr.PadillaNervo'sfamily,foryourgenerous words. Al39/PV.I081968 GeneralAssembly- Thirty-ninth Session-Plenary Meetings AGENDA ITEM17 (i)Confirmation oftheappointment ofthe Secretary-General oftheUnitedNations Conference onTradeandDevelopment •Resumed ffOmtheI061hmeetin$"Appointments tofillvacancies insubsidiary organs andotherappointments (concluded):* 23.ThePRESIDENT: TheSecretary-General has informed methatheiscontinuing hisconsultations inregardtothismatterandthathehopestobeina positiontopresentanameduringthefortiethsession oftheGeneralAssembly. Intheinterimperiod,the seniorDeputySecretary-General ofUNCTAD will continue toactasitsofficer-in-charge. 24.MayItakeitthattheAssembly takesnoteof thisinformation andwishestoincludesub-item 17 (z)inthedraftagendaofthefortiethsession?