text: UNITED NATIONS GeneralAssembly EXEMPlA~f,ES D'ARCH1VES FilECOpy ~retourngriReturntoDistribUtiOn C.111 Fortieth session GENERAL ASSEMBLYA PROVISIONAL A/40/PV.13 27September 1985 ENGLISH President: later: later:PROVISIONALVERBATIMRECORD OFTHETHIRTEENTH MEETING HeldatHeadquarters, NewYork, onFriday, 27September 1985,at3p.m. , Mr.ur::PINIES Mr.MAYNARD (Vice-Pres ident) Mr.GAUCI (Vice-Pres ident)(Spain) (Bahamas) (Maltal -Address byMwalimu Ju1ius K.Nyerere, President oftheUnitedRepublic of Tanzania General debate [9](continued) Statements weremadeby: Mr.Barry(Ireland) Mr.Andrei (Romania) Mr.Aziz(Iraq) Mr.ChitH1aing (Burma) Mr.Mokolo waMpombo (Zaire) Mr.A.K.Koroma(Sierra Leone) Thisrecordcontains theoriginal textofspeeches delivered inEnglish and interpretations ofspeeches intheotherlanguages. Thefinaltextwillbeprinted intheO~ficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly. Corrections shouldbesubmitted tooriginal speeches only.Theyshouldbe sentunderthesignature ofamemberofthedelegation concerned, within oneweek, totheChief,Official Records Editing Section, Department ofConference Services, roomDC2-750, 2UnitedNations Plaza, andincorporated inacopyoftherecord. 85-64075/A 3470V(E)EMS/3 A/40/PIl.13 2-5 Themeeting wascalledtoorderat3.25p.m. ADDRESS BYMWALIMU JULIUS K.NYERERE, PRESIDENT OFTHEUNITED REPUBLIC OFTANZANIA ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Thisafternoon theAssembly willhearanaddress bythePresident oftheUnitedRepublic ofTanzania. Mwalirnu Julius K.Nyerere iPresident oftheUnitedRepublic ofTanzania~ was escorted intotheGeneral Assembly Hall. ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): OnbehalfoftheGeneral Assembly, Ihavethehonourtowelcome totheunitedNations thePresident ofthe unitedRepublic ofTanzania, HisExcellency Mwalimu Julius K.Nyerere, andto invitehimtoaddress theGeneral Assembly. President UYERERE: OnbehalfoftheGovernment andthepeopleofthe unitedRepublic ofTanzania, Iwishtocongratulate you,Sir,onyourelection as President oftheGeneral Assembly duringthisfortieth anniversary session ofour Organization. Ioffermyverybestwishesforasession which,asweallhope, will,underyourleadership, contribute substantially toworldpeaceandjustice. Tanzania attaches verygreatimportance totheunitedNations andtoour membership ofthisOrganization. Aswehav~alwaysunderstood it,theUnited Nations wascreated asaresult, andalsobecameanexpression, ofthespiritof internationalism engendered bythelessons ofthe1939-1945 war,andofthe economic misery andinstability whichhadpreceded it;fortheestablishment ofthe UnitedNations anditsinstitutions wasinspired byarecognition thatpeaceand war,poverty andinstability wereworldissuesrequiring theco-operation ofall peoples andallnations. TheUnitedNations anditsagencies werethusbasedon thephilosophy thatallnations hadequalrightsandduties, although therewere reservations asregards theSecurity Council andsomeofthespecialized agencies.I IBCT/at A/40/PV.13 6 (President Nyerere) Inanimportant sensetheUnitedNations grewmoretrulyinternationalist duringitsfiret2Syears. Fortheunderlying internationalism whichthen irresistible demands ofcolonial peoples forfreedom andjustice -hadtheresult ofgradually increasing themember&hip ofthisOrganization. Promamembership of SOnations in1945, ~ehavegrownto159.ThisAssembly isnowreally representative oftheworld. Assuch,theGeneral Assembly doesinpractice havethe·automatic majority· whichitsdetractors sometimes complain about.Itsmajority iscompost.'Ci of representatives ofnations whicharepoorandunderdeveloPed -andmostlymembers oftheNon-Aligned Movement. Theeffectonthisbodyissimilar tothatwithin 8parliament whenvotesare extended tomoreandmorecitizens untilthereisadultsUffrage. Theinterests of themajority -thepoorerorless-educated citizens -thenhavetobetakeninto account byanelected Government unlessitembarks uponanauthoritarian policyof systematic repression. TheGeneral Assembly hasbecometheworldforum-theonly worldforum-wherethepoorandunderdeveloPed cancontribute theirideasand
analysis: The text appears to be a transcript of a speech by Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, to the United Nations General Assembly. The speech touches on themes of internationalism, cooperation, and the role of the United Nations in promoting peace and justice. It also mentions the importance of the General Assembly being representative of the world, with a majority of members being from poor and underdeveloped countries.