(Spain)PROVISIONAL ENGLISHA/40/PV.6 24September 1985 , Mr.DEl»INIES• Fortieth s~ssion GENERAL ASSEMBLY HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onTuesday, 24September 1985,at9.30a.m.PROVISIONAL VERBATIM REOORD OFTHESIXTHMEETINGGener.1Assembly EXEr~'PLA'RES D'ARCH1VES FILECOpy . lretnurnerIReturntoUistribnUon C.111-----....---_.- A President:UNITED NATIONS • later: Mr.G:JTIERREZ (Vice-President)(CostaRica) International relieftoMexico: draftresolution [147] -Address byMr.JulioMariasanguinettt, President oftheEastern Republic of Uruguay -General debate[9](continued) Statements weremadeby: Mr.Vayrynen (Finland) Mr.Shevardnadze (UnionofSovietSOcialist Republics) Mr.Poos(Luxembourg) Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textof~peeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial ReJ?ords oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only.Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withinoneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2unitedNations Plaza,andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64033/A 3254V(E) -------------AGENDA ITm-I147 contribute tothereconstruction oftheaffected areas.A/40/~V.6 2 Thedraftresolution wasadopted (resolution 40/1). Mr.SEPOLVEDA AMOR(Mexico) (interpretation from Spanish~: IwishtoAsrepresentatives know,thedraftresolution wasdistributed yesterday. InThemeeting wascalledtoorderat10a.m. ThePRESmENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Inconnection withthis MayItakeitthattheAssembly adoptsdraftresolution A/40/L.l?beforeitadraftresolution, contained indocument A/40/L.l. intheaffected areasand,totheextentpossible, tochannel theirassistance because ofthedeepandenduring relations between ourtwocountries, butalsothrough theUnitedNations system, andfinallyitrequests thesecretary-General toitem,whichtheAssembly isconsidering asamatterofpriority, theAssembly has Mexico,itcallsuponal,lStatestocontribute generously tothosereliefeffortsrelieftothatcountry,itrequests theSecretary-General tomobilize resources to becauseofyourwell-known diplomatic experience.ittheAssembly expresses itssolidarity andsupport totheGovernment andpeople Mexico, toidentify theemergency andmedium-term andlong-term needsinordertonon-governmental organizations andprivate individuals thatareproviding emergency contribute tothereliefandreconstruction taskundertaken bytheGovernment ofINTERNATIONAL RELiEF TOMEXICO: DRAFTRESOLUTION (A/40/L.l) co-ordinate multilataral assistance and,inconsultation withtheGovernment of conveytoyou,Sir,thegreatsatisfaction ofthedelegation ofMexicoatseeingofMexicoanditsappreciation totheStates, international andregional agencies,&1S/4 youpreside overtheworkoftheGeneral Assembly atitsfortieth session, notonly&lS/4 A/40/PV.6 3 (Hr.Sepulveda Amor,Mexico) Wethankyoualsoforyourinterest, bothasPresident oftheGeneral AsseniJly andinaprivate capacity., intherecenteventsinMexicoandforhavingoffered yourco-operation. Wewishalsotothankthesecretary-General forhissympathetic expressions ofsolidarity andforhavinginstructed theOfficeoftheUnited Nations Disaster ReliefCo-ordinator, fromtheveryoutset, tosendrelieftomy country. Ishouldlikebriefly tothankthefraternal countries ofthegroupofLatin American andCaribbean States, whichtookthenobleinitiative ofsponsoring resolution 40/1,whichhasjustbeenadopted, oninternational relieftoMexico. Weseethatsponsorship asyetanothergesture oftheLatinAmerican solidarity whichhasalwaysunitedusindifficult times. Inparticular, ourthanksgotothe delegation ofNicaragua, whichproposed theinclusion ofthisitemonouragenda, andtothatofBrazil, thecurrent Chairman oftheLatinAmerican Group. WeconveytoallStatesMembersoftheOrganization thethanksofthe Government ofMexicoforhaVingresponded unanimously tothecallofLatinAmerica, andforhavingdecided toactinamultilateral way,andtoengagetheco-operation oftheagencies oftheUnitedNations systemtochannel thecontributions which various countries wishtomake,inconnection bothwithourpresent emergency situation andwiththereconstruction process whichmustfollowinthefuture. Thedamagecaused bytheearthquake isveryserious, although thedisaster areaislimited; weshallhavetobetenacious andenduring inourefforts to returnlifetonormal. ThepeopleandtheGovernment ofMexico, underthe leadership ofPresident MigueldelaMadrid, areemploying theirownmeanstocope withthecatastrope,through spontaneous socialmobilization. Wehavealso