---------~ ---------- --- -- UNITED NATIONS A BAGeneral Assembly PROVISIONAL A/44/PV.9li 20July1990 ENGLISH c Forty-fourth ses~ion PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECDRD OFTHENINETY-F IFTH P4EF.TI~G HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onFridavo 20July1990,at10~.m. ?rl:!sident: Mr.GA.RB1\ (Niqeri"i) Earthquakp. inthePhi11ipin4!s Scaleofassessment.'i fortheap\)Qrtionment oftheexpenses oftheUF\it·~d Nations i1291(continued) Policies ofapartheid oftheGovernment ofSouthAfrica: reportbythe Secretary-General (281 (co~tinued) Adoption oftheagendaandorqanization ofwork~ l~tt.,.rfromthe Bahamas. Colombia andHaiti(81(continuerl) Tentative programme ofwork Thisrecordcontains theoriqinal textofspeeches deliver~dinEn':Jlish and int.erpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguolges. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only. ~heyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withinoneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Depart:nent ofConf~rence Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza,andincorporated in~coPY ~ftherecoc~. 90-64039/A 8342V(E) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryR.'!/4 AI'",4/PV.95 2 Themeeting wascanedtoorder-atlO.JCia.m. tARTHQUAKE INTHEPHILIPPINES ThePRESIOmT: Befoceturning totheitemsontheagenda focthis morning I,onbehalfofallthelOOml'-ecs .'IftheAssentily, wishtoextend profoun,i sY'!'pathy totheGovernment andthepeopleofthePhilippines forthetragiclossof lifeandextensive material damagethathaveresulted Erc.,..therecentearthqualce. MayIalsoexpress theJotop;ethattheinternational community willshOolits solidari tyandrespond promptly andgenerously toanyrequest forhetp. Inowcallumntherepresentative ofthePhUiPf>ines. ~r.MENDEZ(Philippines): ~llowmetothankyou, ~r.President, the Assembly 3ndindividual l1lI:!mbers forthemaQn:mimous andhmrt-warming expressi.ons orsympathy youhaveshownt.'ePhilippines atitstryinghour. 'lourkindwor-3s wiltqoalongwaytocomfort thevictims oftheearthquake, theirfamilies and, hdeed. theentirenation. l"ltP.c'lational response totheplightofthePhilippines hasbeentruly qenerou~. Asidefromfinancial assistance, reliefgoods,suoplies andservices ace winging theirwaytothet.'Jisac;tec areasevenasIspp.ak. Withyoursupport, material andmoral, th~indo~itable Filipino peoplewilsurmount theirvicissitudes. Iholdforthonceaqaintoyou,Sir,andtotheAsr;elTbly anditsmembers, the gratitude ofanentire natio~. ~GE~OA ITEM129(continued) SCALE1PASS~SSMENTS FURTHEAPPORTIONMENT OFTireEXPENSES OFTHEUNITIm NATIONS (,\/44/926/Add .1) Tile ~~ESlnENT: Ish()ulo 1iketodrawt.JoteAssembly's attention to document J\/44/926/A~.1, whichcontains aletteraddressed tomebyth~ :-~~cr~tar;·-Genp.r alL'ifl)rll\i nq1l\P.t'latsil1Cethei5suance' ofhiscommlJnications dated l~and25MarchandL7lI1ay1990t4icaroiqua hasmad<;!thenecessary pllYll\e'lt toreduc~ itstlrCeuc; belowthe"lmount spP.cifil~d inl\rtide t«JoftheCharter. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRH/4 A/44!PV.95 3 (ThePresident) MayItakeitthattbeGeneral AsaeJli)ly dulytakesnoteofthisinformation? Itwassodecided~ AGBNDArrBM28(continued) POLICIES OFAPARrHBID OFTIEGOV'BRNMBN'l' Oll'SOtJ'l'BAFRICA, RBIlORT BYTHE SBCRBTARY-GENBRAL (A/44/960 andAdd.1) ThePRESIDllNT, ThisftDrnlng theAsseDbly wUlfirstresumeconsideration ofagendaitem28,-Policies ofapartheid oftheGcwemment ofSoutbAfrica-. Melllbers wUlrecallthatatitssixteenth special session theAssellbly, by decision S-16/24, decided thatagendaitem28shouldbereopened inorderforthe . Assembly atitsforty-fourth session toconsider therep)rtofthe secretary-General Q'ltheprogress madeIntheimplementation oftheDeclaration on Apartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthA~n Africa. Inthisconnectim theAsseJllbly hasbeforeitthereportofthe Secretary-General, whichhasbeencirculated ascbcument A/44/960 andAdd.l. InowcaUupontheSecretary-General, whow111introduce hisreport. TheSE~BTARY-GBNBRAL, Awareoftheilllp)rtance attached byallMemer StatestotheDeclaration onApartheid anditsDestructive Consequences inSouthern Africa, -t\dopt:ed byconsensus lastDecemer, Iwouldliketointroduce personally