text: UNITED NATIONS (~' \U!JJ ~~ President: later: later: later: later: General Assembly Eighteenth special session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM. REillRD OF THE SIXTH MEETING Held at Headquarters, New York, on Wednesday, 25 April 1990, at 3 P.m. Mr. GARBA (President) Mr. LOHIA (Vice-President) Mr. ALI (Vice-President) Mrs. CASTRO de BARISH (Vice-President) Mr. KHARRAZI (Vice-President) A PROVISIONAL A/S-18/PV.6 11 May 1990 ENGLISH (Nigeria) (Papua New Guinea) (Sudan) (Costa Rica) (Iran, Islamic Republic of l Address by Mr. George Vassiliou, President of the RepUblic of Cyprus General debate [8] and [9] (continued) This record contains the original text of speeches delivered in English and interpretations of speeches in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official· Records of· the General Assemblv. Corrections should be submitted to original speeches only. They should be sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned, within one week, to the Chief, Official Records Editing Section, DePartment of Conference Services, room OC2-750, 2 United Nations Plaza, and incorporated in a copy of the record. 90-60033 7331V (E) :RM/2 A/S-18/PV. 6 2 The·meeting was called to order at 3.10 P•m· AGENDA ITEMS 8 AND 9 (continued) GENERAL DEBATE Mr~·AL-ZAfll\WIE (Iraq)(interpretation from Arabic): Allow ne to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the special session of the General Assembly and to take this opportunity to hail the historic event that occurred at the outset of the special session, the accession of the Republic of Namibia to membership of the United Nations after a long and heroic struggle tD attain its independence. The convening of this special session at the beginning of the 1990s, following upon the profound political changes that have recentlyoccurred revives hopes that 
analysis: The text appears to be a record of a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the accession of the Republic of Namibia to the organization and other related topics. The speeches mentioned in the text do not seem to be focused on specific issues related to economic development, industry, or international trade. Instead, they appear to be more general and focused on international relations, politics, and humanitarian issues.