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UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 2
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The President of the General Assembly, JOSEPH N. GARBA (Nigeria),
called the meeting to order at 10:17 a.m.
The PRESIDENT informed the Assembly with deep regret of the death
of Giovanni Migliuolo, the Permanent Representative of Italy to
the United Nations.
The Assembly then stood for one minute in silent tribute to the
memory of Mr. Migliuolo.
Sorrow at the death of Mr. Migliuolo was expressed by the
Secretary-General JAVIER PEREZ DE CUELLAR; by ALFREDO LOPES
CABRAL (Guinea-Bissau), on behalf of the African States; KARIM
EBRAHIM AL-SHAKAR (Bahrain), on behalf of the Asian Group;
ALEXANDER STRESOV (Bulgaria), on behalf of the Eastern European
States; ALFRDO CA ETE (Paraguay), on behalf of the Latin
American and Caribbean Group; JEAN FEYDER (Luxembourg), on behalf
of the Western European and Other States; HAMAD ABDELAZIZ
AL-KAWARI (Qatar), on behalf of the Arab States; and by THOMAS
R. PICKERING (United States), in his capacity as representative
of the host country. All paid tribute to the late Ambassador
Migliuolo, who died on 21 September, and expressed their
condolences to his country and family.
MARIO SCIALOJA (Italy) thanked the Members and the
Secretary-General for their expression of condolences. He said
the loss was also a very personal one as he had been one of his
closest friends.
The Assembly took up the first and second reports of the General
Committee (document A/44/250 and Corr.1 and Add.1).
The Assembly first took note of the provisions reproduced in
annexes V, VI, and VII of its rules of procedure, continued in
paragraph 2.
Turning to section II of the report, which deals with the
organization of the session, the Assembly decided that, as at
recent sessions, the holding of concurrent meetings of the
Special Political and Fourth Committees during this session
should be avoided, to the extent possible, and with the necessary
flexibility.
The Assembly next decided that in the light of the practice at
recent sessions, no closing date for the Assembly session should
be decided upon at this time, and that every effort be made to
curtail, to the maximum extent practicable, the duration of the
session.
The Assembly also decided that meetings should start at 10 a.m.
promptly for all plenary meetings and meetings of the Main
Committees and that the requirement of the presence of at least
one third of the members to declare a plenary meeting open and
at least one quarter of the members to declare a meeting of a
Main Committee open be waived and permit the debate to proceed.
(END OF TAKE 2)
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Mr. DE MICHELIS, Foreign Minister of Italy, went on to say
integration must be sought gradually and pragmatically, wherever
and whenever it could be accomplished by suitable means. For
that reason, Italy welcomed and supported regional groupings --
the existing ones to which it belonged and those still at the
embryonic stage, yet full of promise. The new trend towards
forming regional associations, on a direct and immediate basis,
without jeopardizing the equilibrium of States belonging to
different international groups should be welcomed.
He said the survival of the planet called for the strenghtening
of multilateral institutions, for they could help the world
reorient its perceptions of danger and decide on the
reallocation of resources, which was especially important when
the amounts wasted on the arms race were considered. For
example, the deterioration of the environment was a problem that
transcended ideologies and differences in political systems. It
was not just a specific consequence of an obsession with
profits, but was also found where public opinion exerted
insufficient influence and where technological backwardness
damaged nature in ways that had yet to be fully explored.
"What can be done in a world that is changing so rapidly before
our very eyes"? he asked. Western Europe must continue its
progress towards a new supranational identity. Many things
depended both within and outside the continent, on the success
or failure of that revolutionary project. The European
Community must make an effort, in the years to come, to identify
new forms of co-operation, particularly in Central Europe and
the southern shores of the Mediterranean. Central Europe was
the ideal place for the formation of political, economic and
cultural ties, in such a way as to smooth the path of
continental integration.
During the month of September, with its bitter anniversaries for
Europe, it was significant that in Poland and Hungary an
omnipresent totalitarian power structure should progressively
make way for alternative methods of governments. Nor could the
European Community turn a blind eye to its southern borders. If
the Mediterranean was to become an area of permanent
instability, Europe and the African countries would have to
tackle jointly the problems of trade, investments and
immigration, also with a view to promoting sufficient
development to root labour forces in their country of origin.
(END OF TAKE 2)
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Continuing, the Foreign Minister of Seychelles, Mrs. DE ST.
JORRE, said the waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific had also
been so polluted. Those zones were now saturated, and the
transnational corporations were looking for more dumping sites
in developing countries. Small island states had very scarce
resources to fight such activities. The Seychelles, for
example, consisted of many small islands flung over one million
kilometres of water. It was very hard to patrol such vast areas
of ocean and so many islands.
She urged solidarity and co-operation to make sure that
legislative measures to stop such dumping of toxic wastes were
translated into deeds.
The energy consumption of the industralized countries was the
main source of biospherical pollution, she said. They applied
advanced technologies that were not suited for the developing
countries. These countries needed intermediate or "adapted"
technologies that were non-pollutants and more appropriate for
their needs.
She said further that the environment could only be protected as
long as hunger and poverty were eliminated. Many developing
countries had to over-exploit their natural resources to
maintain their export earnings. Arable land had thus been turned
to desert. It was vital, therefore, to implement an environment
policy compatible with long-term development.
"This is not the time for Utopian writings about safaris and
coconut trees," she said. Rather, it was time to take resolute
and concerted action to preserve the planet for future
generations.
She said that the problems of development were international in
nature. In order to solve these problems, the poorer countries
must be allowed access to financial resources and must also
benefit from a world economic situation that supported their own
efforts. A concept of long-term development should include the
need to fulfil basic needs, stable economic growth and the rapid
improvement of the quality of life in developing countries.
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