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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)

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