session;andgrantedthatmanyoftheresolutions andoftenhazardous roadrowards theultimategoalof recommendations whichwereadoptedbythethirty- universal peace.Ifwedonotgetthere,weshouldat ninth s~ssionoftheAssembly appeartohavefallenleastbeabletosaythatwehavetried and thatalong onpartiallydeafears,weshouldatthesametimethewaywemadetheworldabetterplace-better realizethattheAssembly didprovideameetingplacethanwehadfoundit. forfriendandfoealike.Inthemidstofwhatsomemaydescribeasrhetoric,thereweregenuinewordsof76..Finally,.Itakethisopportunity toexpressonce commitment andhope.WehavealreadyseensomeagaInmySIncerethankstodelegations, tothe posjt~veresultsfromourdeliberations .an.Q..fromtheSecretary-General, totheBureau,totheChairmen of pobtlcalatmosphere whichthethirty-nintll session theregionalgroups,totheUnder-Secretary-Generalcreated. forPoliticalandGeneralAssembly Affairsandtoothermembers oftheSecretariat fortheirco-opera- 71.Theseedsofco-operation andconsensus which tionandassistance, withoutwhichIwouldhave we.plantedon.3December .1984havealreadyborne founditextremely difficult topresideoverthe fruIt.IrefertotheadoptIon ofacomprehensive ~ssembly. Ishouldalsol~ketoexpressmyapprecia- Declaration ontheCriticalEconomic Situation intlontotherepresentatives ofnon-governmentalorgani: their( sessioI 77.1 endof bly.Ii minutt108thmeeting-16 Septembee 1985 1973 organizations andmembers ofthemedia,whoinThemembersoftheAssembly observedaminuteof theirownwayhavecontributed totheworkofthesilence. . session. Closureofthesession Themeetingroseat4.35p.m.78.ThePRESIDENT: Ideclareclosedthethirty­ ninthsessionoftheGeneralAssembly.MinuteofsilentprayerormeditationAGENDA ITEM2 77.ThePRESIDENT: Wearenowcomingtothe endofthethirty-ninth sessionoftheGeneralAssem­ bly.Iinviterepresentatives tostandandobserveone minuteofsilentprayerormeditation. ...\ [! ,\ II