text: UNITED NATIONS • •A GeneralAssembly PROVISIONAL A/45/PV.8 1October 1990 ENGLISH Forty-fifth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHEEIGHTH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onWednesday, 26September 1990,at10a.m. President: later:Mr.deMARCO Mr.REZEK (Vice-President)(Malta) (Brazil) General debate[9](continued) Statements madeby Mr.Genscher (Federal Republic ofGArmany) Mr.Surd(United Kingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland) Address byMr.CavacoSilva,PrimeMinister ofthePortuguese Republic Address byMr.Kebich, Chairman oftheCouncilofMinisters ofthe Byelorussian SovietSocialist Republic General debate[9](continued) Statement madeby: Mr.Kasim(Jordan) Thisrecordcontains theoriginal teztofspeeches delivered inE~qlish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinalteztwillbeprinted intheOfficial Recorda oftb'Goneral A,sembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches on1r.Theyshouldbe santunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, withiponeweek, totheChief,Official Rec~rd8 Editinq Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedHations Pla=a,andincorporated inacopyofthorecord. 90-641l8/A 1418V(I) Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSMlljb Al45/PV.8 2-5 •Tbemeeting wascalledtoorderat10.25a.m. AGENDA ITEM9(continued) GENERAL DEBATE ;bePRESIDENt: Isho~ldliketoramind repre~entatives that,in accordance withthadecision takenby~eGeneral Assembly atits3rdplenary meeting, congratulations shouldnotbeexpressed intheGeneral Assembly Hallafter astatement hasbeendelivered. Inthis co~ection, mayIalsoremindrepresentatives that,inaccordance with another decision takenbytheAssembly atthesamemeeting, speakers inthegeneral debate,afterdelivering theirstatements, shouldleavetheAssembly Hallthrough RoomGA-200attherearofthepodiumbeforeraturning totheirplaces. Mr.GENSCRlR (Federal Republic ofGermany) (spoke i~Genaan; Englishtext furnished bythedelegation): Iwish fi~stofalltoofferyou,Mr.President, my wermcongratulations onyourelection toyourhighoffice. Youareguiding the foreign policyofacountry withwhichvehaveclose,friendly relations. Weare partners withMaltaindeveloping security andco-operation inEurope. Withyouas itsPresident thissessionoftheGeneral Assembly isingoodhands. Iwishaswelltoexpress ~thankstoyourpredecessor, Ambassador Joseph Garba,forthewayinwhichheconducted hispresidency. Ourspecial thanksandappreciation gototheSecretary-General. Weare dot~~~ined tocontinue tosupporthiscourageous andfar-sighted initiatives. You, Mr.Secretary-General, haveopenedupnewwaysinwhichtheUnit"dNations can successfully performitspeac8~keeping ro~e• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library'\ RC/4 A./45/PV.8 6&• (Mt.Genscher, Federal hPublic ofGermMY) Itakegreatpleasure inthefactthatLiechtenstein, aneighbour withwhomwe haveacloserelationship, hasbecometheyoungest memberofthisfamilyofnations. Iextendacordial welcomeinthisAssembly totherepresentative ofNamibia, acountry withwhichweareclosely associated byvirtueofourhistory, our friendship andourjointeffortstosecureitsindependence. Wewarmlycongratulate ourfriends thepeopleofYemenonhavingachieved unity. Wesincerely hopethattheKoreanDation, too,willsoonbeableto overcome itsdivision. Iwelcome thestatement offundamental siqnificance madebymyItalian colleague, Mr.DeMichelis, onbehalfoftheEuropean Community. Hespokeinour nameaswell. Overthepastyearthesituation inEurope, andwithitthesituation in Germany, hasundergone fundamental change. Neverhasitbeenmoreobvious how closely Germany's fateislinkedwiththatofEurope. TheunityofGermanyisa steptowards theunityofEurope. ThethirdofOctober 1990willbethedayof Germanunity. TousGe~ans, thiswillbeadayofrejoicing, gratitude and reflection. Ourlong-cherished desiretouniteinpeaceandfreedomwillbe fulfilled. Thisisasourceofgreatpleasure forus.Theworldisfollowing the unification ofGermany withgoodwill,sympathy andfriendship. Forthis¥eare deeplygrateful. Inthishistoric phase,theGermans arefilledwithasenseofhistory and responsibility; theyarenotbeingcarried awaywithnationalistic exuberance. We willnotforgettheendless suffering thatwasbrought uponthenationsofEurope andtheworldinthenameofGermany. WecOl1lnemorate allthevictims ofwarand
analysis: This text appears to be a verbatim record of a speech delivered by a representative of the Federal Republic of Germany during a session of the United Nations General Assembly. The speech focuses on the unification of Germany, the country's relationship with Europe, and the significance of this event in international relations. The speaker also congratulates the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.