text: UNITED NATIONS President: later: later:GeneralAssembly EXEMPLAlRES D'ARCHIVE~ FilECOpy lretournerIReturntomstrlUnUoP C.1'1 Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OFTHEFIFTHMEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYo~k, onMonday, 23September 1985,at3p.m. Mr.DEPINIES Mr.MOSELEY (Vice-President) Mr.GUISSOU (Vice-Pres ident)A PROVISIONAL A/40/PV.5 23September 1985 ENGLISH (Spain) (Bahamas) (Burkina Faso) Address byHisExcellency Mr.AlanGarciaPerez,President oftheRepublic of Peru General debate [9)(continued) Statements weremadeby: Mr.Stray(Norway) Mr.Caputo (Argentina) Mr.Gama(Portugal) Mr.Nzeyimana (Burundi) Mr.Hameed(SriLanka) Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only.Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, within oneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-75C, 2unitedNations Plaza, andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64027/A 3222V(E)Representatives ofallnations: Forsomethisisaritual, ade~larative andsymbolic meeting. Weuavenotjustice intheworld.'A/40/PV.5 2 thisapparent peaceexpresses itstensions byshifting itsconflicts tothepoorestmightanswerthatnuclear peaceisbutabalance ofinsecurity andterror, thatOfcourse wecouldaskwhether inits40yearsofexistence theUnitedNationsinthefaceofselfishness, poverty andviolence inourworld.ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Thisafternoon theAssembly President Q~CIA PEREZ (int~~pretation fromSpanish): Mr.President ofThemeeting wascalledtoorderat3.35p.m. Mr.Secretary-General, symbolofPeru'scommitment totheinternationalMr.AlanGarclaPerez,President oftheRepublic ofPeru,wasescorted into ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): OnbehalfoftheGeneral agency, butratherthattheyfullyassumetheirroleasrepresentatives ofmankindlostfaith,because weknowthatthosewhoarelistening tousareabureaucratic hasfullyachieved itspurpose, whether peacereallyexistsintheworld. Andweingredient ofitsownidentity.theLatinAmerican community assertsitsroots,acknowledging itasafundamentaltheUnitedNations General Assembly andrepresentative ofSpain,acountry inwhich community andofourfaiththatthetransformation ofPeruislinkedtochangeandtheGeneral Assembly hall. Assembly, Ihavethehonoucto welcome totheUnited Nati~ns thePresident ofthe Republic ofPeru,HisExcellency Mr.AlanGarciaPerez,andtoinvitehimto address theGeneral Assembly.willhearanaddress bythePresident oftheRepublic ofPeru.ADDRESS BYHISEXCELLENCY MR.ALANGARCIA PEREZ, PRESIDEN;r OFTHEREPUBLIC OFPERUBHS/rdA/40/pv.!$ 3-5 members.inaccordance withitsCharter, isbasedontheprinciple ofequality amongitsbutratherthatitsmeaning willbenceforth betheaffirmation offreedom. Tbus, ourfirstwordsareanappealforthedemocratization ofthisOrganization which,thathistorywillnotbedetermined bythelawsofthemarketplace andofconflict,remains thebigbest representation ofmankind andthatwehavecometoitbecause webelieve intheequality ofhumanbeingsandofnations, andbecause webelieveinthishall. Ihavecomeheretostateonceagainthatinspiteofthis,theUnitedNationsButtosayallthiswouldbetorepeatthelitanythatbassooftenbeenbeardBBS/rd (President GarciaPerez) countries; andthatitconceals anunequal andunjusteconOJlic systeminwhichthe central nations dominate theothersfortheirownbenefit bymanipulating interest rates,prices, wagesandtherefore wielding powerinthepoorercountries, inorder tomaintain profound injustices thatgen.erate violence.-------------------~-----~-------mankind willcontinue tobefelt.itscapacity toactwithout vetoes. lostourhopeinthemeaningofhistory.., (President Garc£a P~~ez)A/40/~V .•5 .~ 6 -.. through thepoweroftheirbombsandtheirmoney,buttheywillnotconvince thewarandthefivePowers posse~s arightofyetothatisinc~mpatible withthat Onegroupofcountries, aowever strong, cannotcontradict theuniversal nature universal democracy ofconsciences, andinspiteofthemthehopeforabetterInthis,whichisthehighest courtofmankind, wecommitourselves toabid Tothosewhousearrogant force,werespond inthewordsoftheoldSpanish philosopher: theywillsucceed buttheywillnotconvince. Theymaysucceedthebasisoftheamountofmoneyitcontributes. Wepreferapoorerorganization, Thestrength oftheunitedNations doesnotresideinthenumberofoffices orinstituti.onalrecognitionofforce,andthev!,,;,.LOUScircleiscompleted because inMLG/at Nations shouldresideinthemoralpoweroftheequality ofallitsMembers andinbutintrfhichthesecurity Cou~cilisgoverned bytherealities ofthelastgreat ordertoeliminate thevetothea~reement oitheCouncil, onwhichthosePowers withthevetorightarerepresented, isnecessary. forlifeand,without surrendering todefeatism, weproclaim that,whileassemblies
analysis: The text appears to be a speech by the President of Peru, Alan Garcia Perez, to the United Nations General Assembly. The speech touches on themes of global inequality, the role of the United Nations, and the need for democratization and reform. The President criticizes the existing economic system, highlighting the dominance of central nations over others, and advocates for a more equal and just global order.