Europe is dlaracter ized by the very fact that brakes have been removed, ideological fetters eliminated and p:,werful new grCYNth p:>tentials set free. In relation to our assistan~ fran North to South, our assistance from wast to East will not be a question of "either-or" but of "as well as", a commitment, affirned by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Thus, to assist Central and East European States we have allocated addition al ftmds. At the same time, our expenditures for a:>-operation with the third world are on the rise. German participation in the ninth replenishment of the International Development Agency and, not l0:1st, the recently signed IDme IV agreements -co-financed by the Federal ~public of Germany as the largest donor State -serve to tmderline by their substantial incrEBses the imp,rtanoe the Federal Government attaches tD development co~pera tioo with the countries of the third world. ~ .,.__-,, ~ ..... ... V:.. . . ;;, acr/ta A/S-18/PV. 2 36 (Mr. Warnke, Federal Republic of Germany) For the first time, the German Denocratic ~public has established a Ministry for Economic Co-operation. The Federal Government welcomes that decision. The Governments of the Federal ~public of Germany and the German Denocra tic B:!public have agreed immediately to oo-ordinate their development oo-operation. Like me, the Minister for Economic Co-operation of the German Denocra tic ~public, Mr. Ebeling, will today address this special session of the General Assembly. This, then, is our pledge~ on its way to unification, Germany will continue to exercise its resp:>nsibilities with respect to the developing countries. In all regions of the world the East-West cooflict has marred the effectiveness of developnent aid and developnent opportunities as a whole. N:>w ne'if opportunities for development and oo-opera tioo present themselves: The en tire North-South dialogue is freed from ideological ballast. As a result of global 