text: 1%7UnitedNations GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-NINTH SESSION OfficialRecords President: Mr.PaulJ.F.LUSAKA (Zambia). Resumption oftltesession 1.ThePRESIDENT: Ideclarethethirty-ninth sessionoftheGeneralAssembly resumed, inaccord­ ancewithdecision 39/456of18December 1984. Tributetothememoryofahead0/Stateand formerPresidents oftheGeneralAssembly 2.ThePRESIDENT: Beforeweconsider theitems ontheagendaforthisafternoon, itismysaddutyto recalltotheGeneral Assembly thedeathsofMr. LindenForbesBumham, President oftheRepublic ofGuyana; Mr.LuisPadillaNervo,President ofthe sixthsessionoftheGeneralAssembly, formerMinis­ terforForei~AffairsofMexicoandformet:'Judgeof theInternatIonal CourtofJustice;andSirMuham­ madZafrulla Khan,President oftheseventeenth sessionoftheGeneralAssembly andfirstMinister forForeignAffairsofPakistan, whichhaveoccurred sincethesuspension ofthethirty-ninth sessionofthe Assembly on12April1985. 3.Iinviterepresentatives tostandandobservea minuteofsilenceintributetotheirmemory. ThemembersoftheAssembly observedaminuteof silence. 4.ThePRESIDENT: Icallontherepresentative of Guyana. 5.Mr.KARRAN (Guyana): Imakethisstatement withmixedfeelings.Itisverykindofyou,Mr. President, andtheGeneralAssembly toexpressyour sympathy inthewayyouhave.Comrade Linden ForbesSampson Burnham guidedthedestinyofthe Guyanese peoplefor21years.Duringthatperiodhe sawGuyana movefromcolonialism toindepen­ dence-mdependence whichhecherished dearly.He brought oursmallnationoutofobscurity, and throughhisforeignpolicyGuyanabecameknown andrespected internationally. Ispeakinparticular of Guyana's commitment toandinvolvement inthe Movement ofNon-Aligned Countries, itsinvolve­ mentinissuesofthethirdworldanditsinvolvement inthecouncils oftheUnitedNations. Underhis presidency, Guyanadedicated itselftothedevelop­ mentofregionalintegration andwasadrivingforce intheprocesswhichculminated intheestablishment oftheCaribbean Community [CARICOM]. 6.Byhisdeath,thenationalliberation movements throughout theworldhavelostacommitted friend andtheMovement ofNon-Aligned Countries has108th PLENARY MEETING Monday, 16September 1985, at3.35p.m. NEWYORK lostatruefriend.Hefeltdeeplyfortheoppressed peoplesoftheworld. 7.TheCommonwealth countries havelostafriend andsohasCARICOM. Itwaswithgreatshockand deepsadnessthattheGuyanese community learned ofhissuddendeath.However, hehaslaidafounda­ tionfordevelopment withinournationalboundaries. Hebelieved inmultilateral institutions andhewas committed totheOrganization-the UnitedNa­ tions-and itsworkings. Ithadhisunswerving support. 8.OnbehalfoftheGovernment andthepeopleof Guyanaandthebereaved familyofthelatePresident Burnham, Ishouldliketoextendmywarmest and sincerest thanksforthesentiments expressed here thisafternoon. 9.Mr.MuNOZ LEDO(Mexico) (interpretation fromSpanish): LuisPadillaNervo,adistinguished Mexican andaneminent internationalist, passed awayon9September attheageof87.Acareer diplomat andagovernment officialforoverhalfa century,hegaveservicetotheinternational commu­ nity. 10.HewasPresident oftheGeneralAssembly atits sixthsessionandJudgeoftheInternational Courtof Justicefrom1964to1973.Minister forForeign Affairsofmycountryfrom1952to1958,Padilla Nervowastwicerepresentative ofMexicoto·the UnitedNationsand,togetherwithBrazil,wasoneof thefirstLatinAmerican members ontheSecurity Council. . 11.Throughout hislongcareer,hedistinguished himselfasoneofthemostfaithfulinterpreters ofmy country's foreignpolicyandofthedeep!tnationalist feelingsofourpeople,firmlyexpressed inthe Mexican revolution of1910andofwllichourown diplomatic actionhasbeenboththereflection and thespearhead. 12.PadillaNervocarriedoutthatpolicyinan exemplary way,apolicywhichhasalwaysbeenbased onprinciples. SincethedaysofSanFrancisco when theUnitedNations wasbeingformed,heaccom­ plishedhisworkandhecantherefore quiterightlybe considered onewhofashioned ourcontemporary multilateral diplomacy andoneofthesteadfast champions ofdecolonization, disarmament andin­ ternational co-operation. Healwayssoughtharmony amongStates,buthealsostoodfirmlyagainstthe excessesofthemighty. 13.Mayhisworkbealessontoeveryone aswellas encouragement toall.Maythesovereignty ofMexi­ co,vigorously reaffirmed inthisforum,continue to strengthen equalityamongnationsandthedignityof theOrganization. That,Mr.President, ismyhopeas Ithankyou,onbehalfofmycountryandonthatof Mr.PadillaNervo'sfamily,foryourgenerous words. Al39/PV.I081968 GeneralAssembly- Thirty-ninth Session-Plenary Meetings AGENDA ITEM17 (i)Confirmation oftheappointment ofthe Secretary-General oftheUnitedNations Conference onTradeandDevelopment •Resumed ffOmtheI061hmeetin$"Appointments tofillvacancies insubsidiary organs andotherappointments (concluded):* 23.ThePRESIDENT: TheSecretary-General has informed methatheiscontinuing hisconsultations inregardtothismatterandthathehopestobeina positiontopresentanameduringthefortiethsession oftheGeneralAssembly. Intheinterimperiod,the seniorDeputySecretary-General ofUNCTAD will continue toactasitsofficer-in-charge. 24.MayItakeitthattheAssembly takesnoteof thisinformation andwishestoincludesub-item 17 (z)inthedraftagendaofthefortiethsession?
analysis: This text appears to be a tribute to two deceased leaders, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham and Luis Padilla Nervo, and does not seem to be directly related to any specific sector or area of focus. However, the mention of international organizations, such as the United Nations and CARICOM, and the emphasis on multilateral institutions and cooperation, suggests that the text may be related to international relations or diplomacy.