Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!udel!gatech!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!ccnysci!waldron@newport.rutgers.edu From: waldron@newport.rutgers.edu Newsgroups: misc.headlines.unitex Subject: UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 4 Message-ID: <3258@ccnysci.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 89 13:59:45 GMT Sender: news@ccnysci.UUCP Lines: 70 Approved: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 4 Posting Date: 09/30/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989 UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932 HANS-DIETRICH GENSCHER, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, said that "Because we Germans are aware of our responsibility for the Second World War, we perceive it our duty to work for a better world: for a world of peace, democracy and solidarity between nations, freedom and human rights." The Polish nation was the first victim of the war deliberately unleashed by Hitlerian Germany 50 years ago. He gave assurance that that right to live in secure borders would not be called into question through territorial claims by "us Germans", either now or in the future. Since the inception of the Federal Republic of Germany, he said, it has framed a European peace policy -- as a member of the European Community and the Atlantic Alliance and as a member of the family of Western democracies, he said. The European Community was heading for a European Union which regarded itself as a factor of economic and political stability in the world. His country agreed with its Western friends that the reform processes in Central and Eastern Europe were in the interest of all Europe and of the world, he said, adding that the reform process was not a case of one side's opinion being adopted by the other, but rather a process of self-reflection on the common foundations of European culture and history. The two German States had already made substantial contributions toward d|tente and disarmament in Europe, he went on, adding that those endeavours were founded on the Basic Treaty with the German Democratic Republic and guided by the joint declarations issued by Chancellor Kohl and General Secretary Honecker on 12 March 1985 and 8 September 1987. The two German States must, each in its own fashion, contribute towards overcoming the things that separated the Europeans from each other, he said. His Government wholeheartedly supported the process of European unification within the European Community as well as the efforts of European countries aimed at reform. The German Democratic Republic could contribute through reforms aimed at greater openness in Europe, just as the Soviet Union, Poland and Hungary were already doing. A policy of reform would open up new prospects in the German Democratic Republic for young people, he said, adding that this would encourage people to stay in the country. The Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Nuclear Missiles (INF Treaty) was an important step towards controlled disarmament, he said. Whoever had more weapons must disarm more. The meetings between Secretary of State Baker and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze had provided signs of hope. Negotiations on a comprehensive, global and verifiable ban on chemical weapons must be completed. (END OF TAKE 4) * 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. -=-