Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!udel!gatech!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!ccnysci!unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org From: unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) Newsgroups: misc.headlines.unitex Subject: UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 5 Message-ID: <3259@ccnysci.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 89 14:00:24 GMT Sender: news@ccnysci.UUCP Lines: 73 Approved: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 5 Posting Date: 09/30/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989 UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932 Mr. GENSCHER, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, went on to say that President Bush's statement that the United States was ready to destroy over 80 per cent of its existing chemical weapon stocks before the conclusion of a chemical weapons convention, provided that the Soviet Union reduced its chemical weapons to the same level, was unprecedented in the disarmament negotiations. The recent Canberra Conference also made an important contribution in support of the Geneva negotiations, he said, calling for control of the trade in chemical substances and facilities that were suitable for the manufacture of chemical weapons. Developing countries spent $200 billion on military purposes every year -- four times the official development aid they receive. On matters of human rights, he called for the appointment of a United Nations high commissioner for human rights, the establishment of an international court of human rights and the abolition of capital punishment. International terrorism and international drug crimes were an aggression against human dignity, he said. The drug problem demanded a common fight against illicit drug trafficking; co-operation among all countries in combating across-border illicit drug trafficking and elimination of the social causes of drug dependence in the consumer countries. Concerning Central America, he said that all Governments interested in the fate of Central America had endorsed the Esquipulas peace agreement. His Government supported the contribution made by the United Nations to this process. On other matters, he said, the Western Contact Group on which his Government served, had initiated the independence process in Namibia and participated in shaping it. In the Middle East, the objective continues to be a peaceful settlement that guaranteed the right of all States in the region, including Israel, to live within secure boundaries and enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination. The suffering of the Lebanese nation must be ended through a political solution, he said. The cease-fire brought about by the Arab League's Committee was an encouraging signal. On the debt crisis, he said, it could only be resolved by joint action of everyone concerned. He called for the debts of the least developed countries to be cancelled, as his Government had done. His Government would do its utmost to support environmental activities, especially the United Nations conference which the General Assembly is to decide at this session, he said. The industrial nations must make a special contribution through the transfer of ecologically sound technology and through financial support for environmental projects in the developing countries. (END OF TAKE 5) * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | FAX: 212-787-1726 patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | BBS: 201-795-0733 patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | (3/12/24/9600 Baud) -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-