A/39/PV.8 General Assembly

* May I first extend to you, Mr. President, the congratulations of the Federal Republic of Germany on your election to your high office. We consider your personality, your extraordinary talents and your 8. This calls for what I would term an international domestic policy, a policy rooted in the conviction that the future of one's own country can only be assured if the future of all countries is assured. lon~-standing deep commitment to the cause of the Umted Nations to be a guarantee of liuccess in accomplishing your difficult tasks. We see in you the representative of a continent and a country with which we are linked by traditionally good and friendly relations. 2. I wish to express also the gratitude of my country to your predecessor, Mr. Jorge Illueca, for the competent way in which he guided the work of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. 3. At the same time, I wish to thank the Secretary- General and his collaborators for their untiring efforts and for the excellent work done in the past year in the interest of strengthening the United Nations and of peace in the world. 4. It gives me particular pleasure today to welcome Brunei Darussalam to this forum as a new Member State. We entertain good bilateral relations with Brunei Darussalam and feelings of friendship for it as a member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations [ASEAN]. 5. In his thought-provoking report on the work of the Organization [A/39/l], the Secretary-General recalls the historical achievements of the United Nations. We support his appeal that the great potential of this international Organization for the prevention and settlement ofconflicts be utilized and strengthened. 6. The essential charactc 'stics of the world today are the relationship betweeu the industrial countries of the North and the developing countries of the South and the relationship between the democratic industrial countries of the West and the communist industrial countries of the East. West and East account for the greater part of the North. The North is a house divided, but the South, too, is torn by tension and antagonism. 7. We need dialo$ue between North anet South. Internal tensions Within North and South obstruct 9. The most pressing North-South problem is the debt crisis in many developing countries, particularly in Latin America. The Presidents of Argentina and Venezuela have made pointed reference to this situation in their statements to the Assembly [5th and 6th meetings]. The effects ofthe debt crisis are felt by South and North. Forceful measures of adjustment are required if the debtor countries are to recover economically. Such measures have political and social repercussions in those countries. Jacques de Larosiere, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund [IMF], said recently: "It must be realized that there are social and political limits to economic adjustment. The ad- vantages gained by a countrJ from servicing its debts and pursuing a policy of adjustment must be worth the cost in terms of the human misery caused by the adjustment." Only in this spirit can the problem be solved. 1O. The crisis is confronting the North, too, with difficulties. The necessary import restrictions by the debtor countries mean export reductions for industri- al countries. The international banking system has been put under heavy pressure. This crisis can be solved only by the common effort of North and South. The debt-servicing commitments and the servicing ability of the developing countries must be brought back IDtO harmony. We need longer-term rescheduling strategies to support successful adjust- ment efforts by debtors. Mexico has furnished proof that it is possible to adjust successfully. We have reason to hope that the other countries, too, after a painful initial adjustment phase, will manage to move on to the second phase, in which adjustment and growth again go hand in hand. 11. We shall overcome the debt crisis only through intensive dialogue and co-operative solidarity. We therefore we~come the comprehensive dialogue on this subject scheduled to take place early next year y;ithin the IMF and the World Bank. *Mr. Genscher spoke in German. The English version of his statement was supplied by the delegation. NEW YORK A('~. ;:t !:,"""'v::eful order in Europe in which co-opera- tiot. C~'· c, .evelop freely between States, irrespective of th\:: '.. .-: rences in their systems. We seek a peaceful order in \ .."ich, as envisaged in the Helsinki Final Act, nation. ~an determine their own fate and live free from the fear of violence, threats and restriction of their liberty and in which people can enjoy the exercise of their lawful rights and the fruits of peaceful international exchanges. 55. It is a policy for peace in Europe too when we declare, as stated in the letter on German unity, that our political aim is to work for a state of peace in Europe in which the German nation will regain its unity through free self-determination. 56. The treaties concluded between my country and our Eastern neighbours in the 1970s cleared the way for the Helsinki Final Act. We stand by every word of those treaties. The Federal Republic of Germany respects the territorial integrity of all States within their present boundaries. It proceeds from the exist- ing situation in Europe. It makes no territorial claims on anyone and will not do so in the future either. The Federal Republic of Germany considers the borders of all States to be inviolable and will continue to do so. We call upon all States to educate their young people in peace and in respect for other nations and other opinions. Education in hatred jeopardizes peace; polemics against the peaceful intentions of other nations poison the political atmosphere. 57. The Federal Republic of Germany wishes to breathe life into the treaties concluded with its Eastern neighbours. We want the Helsinki Final Act to be implemented in all its parts. We want to continue the process of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. That process has im- proved the situation in Europe; it has stood up under severe strains in the international climate. The contribution of all participants in the Conference, large States as well as small, will remain indispens- dlffi~ult tImes. That Treaty, hke t~e long-term eco- The European Community co-operates closely with noml9 agreement, opens up great vistas that must be the States members of ASEAN and the Andean Pact explOIted. , . , within the framework of co-operation agreements. 59. The ~e,slf~ for Ger~an-Pohsh .un~erstandmg We advocate close co-operation between the mem- a.nd reconclhatIon d~termn~es our thmkmg and ac- bers of the European Community and the S~ates of tlOn towards the Pohsh natIon. The Treaty of War- the Gulf Co-operation Council. We ale playm~ our saw, concluded on 7 December 1970, breached once part to ensure that the EUfo-Arab dialogue w111 be and for all the vicious circle of injustice and retalia~ further intensified. tion. It was one of the most important milestones in , .. German and European post-war politics. 66. In a few days the Foreign Mlm~ters ofthe Sta!es . , , members of the European Commumty, together with 60. 01;1r co-operatI,on with the German D~mo~ratIc Spain and Portugal, will be meeting at San Jose with Republ!c, even at !Ime~ of East~West tensl9n? .Is an their counterparts from the countries of Central expressIOn of the hlstoncally roote~ responslblhty C?f America and the Contadora Group to launch a both ~e~n:tan States for pea~e In EU,rope. :r~IS political dialogue a.nd to lay the foundations for resp~nslblhty must also prove,Its worth m the jomt economic co-operation between the European Corn- solutIon of human aJ?d techmcal problems. People munity and Central America. must be able to expenence personally the benefits of detente. In this respect we have made progress. It is 67. ~orth, and South must talk ~o, one aI?-0ther, our wish that both German States should continue negotIate with one another and find jomt sol~tlOnsto along the route marked out by the Basic Treaty the present an~ future problems of humamt~. !~e normalizing relations and the Helsinki Final Act. It is North-Sout,h dialogue Will be successful .only If It IS our wish that they should set an example by meeting cond~cted m awareness of.the equal dlgmty of all the their obligations under the Final Act. In this way we world s cultures. The subject of cultural e~changes shall live up to the requirement inherent in the betw,:en North an~ South must not be bamshed to recognition of our joint responsibility. the fnnge of talks; It must be at the ve9' ~eart of such , " . talks. Our world IS full of cultural prejudIces that are 61. An Improved ,relatIo.nshl'p b~tweeI?- the Umted often rooted in ignorance. We all have more to learn States and the ,SOViet Umon IS VItally Important to from one another. The North may be richer than the ~ast~West rel~tl(~ns and to w~rld peace. ContempJ'!- South, but it is not thereby wiser, more human or tIon, of the pn~cIP~es of equ~hty and mutu~l consId- more cultivated, The cultures of North and South era~lOn embodIed m the Umted States-SovIet decla~ must each reco~nize the equality of the other in its ratIon of 1972 cO,uld smooth t~e ",:ay for such a own cultural dIgnity. It is a matter of the mental development. PresIden~ Reagan, m hIS statemen~ to attitude with which we encounter other peoples. the Assembly [4th meetmg], expressed the determma- tion of his country to co-operate with the Soviet 68: How often has arroganc~ towards o~her J?eoples Union in securing world peace. That ought to meet ans~n from contempt for theIr cultural Identity and with a favourable response from the Soviet Union. achIeVemen!s. To understan~ a country, 0t:le must Vve can offer no substitute for dialogue between the understand I~S cultur~. Exper,lence of the equlvale~ce United States and the Soviet Union but we like of cultures IS not mbred m peoples. It requires other medium and small-sized Stat~s mak~ our intensive cultural exchanges. We are prepared to contribution to improving East-West rel~tions, and it give; .we are prepared. to take. Cultural ex~hanges is no mean contribution. c,ontnbute to the estabhshment of a peaceful mtema- 62. Europe, so often afflicted by wars and the lIonal or~er. . source of many wars in other parts of the world, must 69. Durmg these days the nations of the world have today serve as the starting-point for initiatives aimed turned to United Nations Headquarters in New York at peace and co-operation in all parts of the world. in hope and anxiety. They are uneasy. It is not merely For this reason, as a member of the European the presence of tensions that worries them; it is the Community, the Federal Republic of Germany also apparent increase in those tensions, and they wonder relies in its relations with the third world countries what will happen if the tensions continue to increase. on a pol~cy \h~t see~s, as stated in the, second Lome 70. The problems confronting us are serious and Conv~ntlOn,· to remforce, on ~he b~sls of co~plete difficult. No one expects us during these days to equahty between p~rt~ers and m t~t:lf J?utual.lt:lter- discover a magic formula that will solve them all at ~st, clos~ and co~1tm~ll~f co-operatIOn m a SPirIt of once. But the nations are right to expect one thing, mternatlOnal sohdanty . namely, that we should give signs of hope, signs that 63. We seek friendship and partnership on an equal the Governments of the world have recognized the basis with the countries of the South. We support the danger, signs that they can halt the rising tensions. principle of genuine non-alignment because it pre- The nations do not want to hear us repeating long- serves independence and provides protection from familiar, irreconcilable positions or apportioning foreign hegemonic aspirations. The Movement of blame. They want to know what specifically we 3 . f h G f' 78. As the arms race between the two nuclear 7. As refJresentatIves 0 t e overnments 0 van- Powers escalates, the danger of a nuclear war will ous countnes ~f the world, we l1}eet here ev~ry year increase with each passing day. Though already t~ hold ~xte~sIve exchanges of VIews on the m!ern~- possessing an over-saturation and overkill nuclear tIOnal SItuatIOn and. to exp~ore ways ~o mamtam capacity, each of the super-Powers is doing its utmost world peace, ensure mte~natIon~1 securIty. and pro- to gain supremacy over the other on the pretext of ~ote human welfare. ThIS fact .Itself test~fies ~o t~e maintaining parity and equal security, lest the other I~p~rtance of the Umted NatIons and ItS hIStOrIC side should surpass it in terms of quantity and mIssIon.. .. . quality of nuclear weapons. This practice of progres- 74. Revlewmg mternatIOnal developments over the sive escalation of nuclear armaments cannot but past ye~r, people ~ann.ot but feel worrie~. ~ith the arouse doubts as to whether or not they truly have a suspenSIOn of their disarmament negotIatIons, t~e sincere desire for disarmament. What the people of two nuclear s~per-Pow.ers have st~pped. up thelf the world want is genuine and effective disarmament deployment of mtermedl~te-rangemissIles m Europe to ensure that people can live in peace and security. and a~opted .confrontatIOn measures" thus further 79. The Chinese Government and people always escalatmg thelf nuclear-arms !ace. ThiS poses.a new stand for nuclear disarmament. We hold that efforts threat to ~Il ~uropean countrIes and deeply dlstur~s should be made to promote progress in conventional all countnes m the world: Ov~r the 'past year, whIle as well as nuclear disarmament. The small quantity the two wars of aggre.sslOn. m ASia wet:tt on un- of nuclear weapons China possesses is solely for the check~d, a new ~rmed mv~sl0t:t occurred I~ Ce~tral purpose of self-defence. We have solemnly declared Amenca. The MIddle East ~s stIll fraught Wlt~ CrIses, time and again that at no time and in no circum- and t~e flamt:s of. war m the Gulf rt:glOn are stances will China be the first to use nuclear weapons spre~dmg, causmg wldesprt:ad.con,cern. BaSically, ~he and that it unconditionally undertakes not to use tenSJnn and sharp contradiction m southern AfrIca nuclear weapons against non-nucJ.ear States and are not yet relaxed. regions. China has never participated in the nuclear- 75. Meanwhile, the serious economic difficulties of arms race, nor does it intend to participate in that many developing countries show clearly that the race or to shirk its responsibility in regard to nuclear global North-South contradiction is sharpening and disarmament. the gap betwe~n the rich a~d the poor widening. 80. China's position on nuclear disarmament can Therefore, I thmk no one Will. deny tha~ peace and be summed up in the following three basic points. development, gen~rally sPt:akmg, remal~ the two First, our fundamental position is the complete fundamental qu~stlOns bearmg upon the mtert:sts of prohibition and thorough destruction of all nuclear all the peoples m ~he world today. I should. lIke to weapons. Secondly, as a practical step towards nucle- take thiS opp<?rtumty to offer some o~servatIOns on ar disarmament, we propose that, after the Soviet the two questIOns on behalf of the Chmese Govern- Union and the United States have taken the lead in ment. putting an end to testing, improving and manufactur- 76. At present, what c"ncerns and disturbs people ing nuclear weapons and have agreed on substantially most is the threat of a nuclear war. Despite innumer- reducing their nuclear arsenals, a broadly representa- able rounds of talks on nuclear disarmament and:1 tive international conference should be convened variety of proposals to this end, nuclear weapons with the participation of all nuclear States to work have continued to increase and nuclear stockpiles out together concrete measures for further nuclear have reached extremely dangerous proportions. As is disarmament. Thirdly, before all this materializes, universally recognized, the two super-Powers ought for the sake of reducing the threat of nuclear war and to bear the main responsibility on this question. It is showing good fuith in nuclear disarmament, all they that possess over 95 per cent of the world's total nuclear States should undertake not to be the first to ~quals and that they should respect one another, live Peol?le's ~epublic of Ko~ea in fav~ur <?f the holding m har~ony and e~gage in mutually beneficial co- of t~lpartIte talks, t~e easmg of tension m the Korean o~eratlOn. The affairs of a country should be deter- Pe~msula and the mdepen.dent and peaceful reunifi· mmed by. the people of that ~ountry themselves. catl,on of Korea, and callmg for the withdrawal of ~xterna~ I.nterference of all kmds IS illegal and Untted States troops from South Korea. Impermissible. 91. .We support the people of Afghanistan in their 86. In pursuing their foreign polici~s, all countries herOIC ~truggle, to safeguard national independence should observe the norms guiding international rela- and resist foreign aggression. We oppose the efforts tions and abide by the Charter. However, the super- of the Soviet .Union to inte~sify its aggression against Powers, on the strength of their size and power often and devastatIOn of Afghamstan t and we demand the try to impose their own will on others, thinkin'g they withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. may do w~ateve.r they please. Instead. of .respectin.g 92. We hav~ a.lways stood by the Arab people and the sovereignty, I~dependence and terrItonal mtegn- supported theu Just struggle agaInst Israeli aggression ty of other countrIes, they have pursued hegemonism and expansion and the just struggle of the Palestinian futu~e through a United, Nations-s~pervised.general today. electIOn, free from outSide aggressIOn and mt~rfer- 101. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the ence, We hope to see Kampuchea bec!Jme an mde- Declaration and the Programme of Action on the pendent, peaceful, neutral and non-alIgned State. Establishment of a New International Economic 97. The Chinese Government pursues an indepen- Order, which were adopted by the General Assembly dent foreign policy, firmly opposes hegemonism and on 1 May 1974, at its sixth special session [resolu- resolutely stands by all peoples who are subjected to lions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI)]. At that session 10 oppression and aggression. China will never attach years ago [2209th meeting], Deng Xiaoping, Chair- itself to any big Power or group of Powers, nor yield man of the Chinese dele~ation, pledged China's to any outside pressure, We support the Movement support for the just position of the third world of Non-Aligned Countries and will not enter into countries caHing for the restructuring of the inequita- alliance with any big Power. We do not practise the ble and irrational international economic order. so-called equidistant diplomacy, or play cards or ally Despite the persistent efforts made by the developing ourselves with one big Power against the other. In countries to remove external constraints imposed on our external relations we have always followed the their economic development and improve North- Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence initiated South relations, the actual results are far from jointly by China, India and Burma 30 years ago. satisfactory. Up to now, global negotiations have not They are: "mutual respect for sovereignty and territo- been launched, and the immediate measures for Afric~,. wh~re Council resolu;tion 435 (1 ~78), on 150. It seemed that growth was assurc~ and would Namlblan mdepend~nce, contmues .to be .dlsregard- ~o on forever. Countries that had untapped or e4, even defied, whl1e the .w.ar ~ontmues m An~ola, madequately developed resources in the world decid- With the pres~nce and pa~hclpabonon that terntory ed-quite rightly-to equip themselves to exploit of South Afnc~'s army; m West~rn .Sah~ra, whose their wealth. They invested in people. Hundreds of p~ople have a fight to self-determma:tlon; ~n. ~a~bo- thousands of young persons were sent off to receive dla, tha~ country of ~ great an.d ancient clvlhzah~n, higher education; infrastructures were developed; ble4 whlt~ by appalhng genocide and now occupied business capital was increased. by Its neighbours to the east. . . 151. In all our countries; in Europe and in the third 145. What horrors these clear Violations of the world, a larger production apparatus emerged, ac- rights of peoples and States have entailed! And all too companied by more onerous administrative, eca- often these violations go hand in hand With scorn for nomic and social structures. This was achieved at the human riGhts, with the ne~ation of fundamental pr'.:e of a high level of indebtedness-a level justi.. values that should be the baSIS of any society, as the fled, however, in a period of seemin~ly assured Charter of the United Nations has recognized and growth and when borrowing was carned out in affirmed. predictable and reasonable conditions. At the same 146. France will speak out, will voice its condemna- time, especially in countrie~ th:at were still la~gely tion, will take action wherever the lives and dignity r~ral, a trend towards urbamzahon led to the mlgra- of individuals are threatened, wherever people are hon of.hundreds of thous~~ds of peasants, who held in constraint and deprived of their basic free- settled m. u~b8;n co~munItles ~here the futl!-re dams. It will continue to express its reprobation seemed to he ~n mdustnal p~oducbonand the service everywhere, with the same words and the same sector. All thiS seemed rational and reasonable. conviction. This pledge holds true for Governments 152. Then, suddenly, the game changed: the mar- and countries that are very different from one kets of the industrialized countries, having reached another-from the countries that signed the Helsinki the saturation point5 closed up. There was no longer Finn Act2 to the countries east and south of Africa any expansion. Countries, including France and and on the South American short;::; of the Pacific. others in the industrialized world, which had had a Everywhere we shall strive to alleviate suffering and labour shortage for a number of years suddenly had obtam the freedom of those who are unjustly impris- an excess labour force and unemployment. oned, those whose names are known and stand as 153. At the same time, disorder had set in: mone- symbols, from Shcharansky to Mandel~ and t~e tary disorder, with its corollary of sizeable fluctua- c~untless others who are anonymous expiatory VIC- tions in exchange rates; budgetary disorder, with hms. huge deficits forcing States to turn to the financial 147. The United l\ations deserves support and a markets; and the dizzying climb of interest rates. The tribute on this level: the Commission on Human Bretton Woodi) system had disappeared, and quite Rights; conventions that are constantly being refined naturaily the most economically powerful country and improved on; resolutions condemning racism irresistibly attracted the world's liquidities; its cur- and discrimination. It is also beginning-and I rency, the dollar, soared while its interest. rates welcome this-to stress the global nature of the increased under the effect of the budget deficit. p.roblem, by opening d~bat~ on ec~n.omic and social 154. The market economy world became chaotic nghts and thereby movmg, m conditIons that France and unpredictable. A/" the same time, growth ceased finds righ! ~md opportune, towards an enl~rgementof everywhere. The effects of the current remarkable the defimtIon of fundamental human fights. Such recovery in the United States have still not changed progress of law at the world level deserves constant the direction of this development. Markets Raturated encouragement. elsewhere are no longer able to absorb additional 148. But there are other serious threats to funda- pur~hases; indeed, m;my markets are actually deted- mental human rights that have to be considered. We oratmg from year to year. must ask ourselves why the current world economic 155. For the third world, this development has crisis is so serious and our market economy system been-and I shaH net mince words-eatastrophic: powerless to contend with that crisis and resolve the the more a country's economy advanced, the mr-'re economic disorder that has prevailed in the world for serious the phenomenon. Such countries had counted a number of years now. on economic growth; they were thus deprived of the 149. After 1945, a certain economic order governed w~ole app~ratus needed ~or amortization, at a time the industrialized world. There was monetary order, W '-'1 ,nothmg was generatmg t~e neces~ry resour~es agreed upon at Bretton Woods; although it was, of fo, hiS.. The surpluses of the ol1-produ.cmg count~es course, threatened when the dollar left the gold have dISal?peare~..In other develo(?mg_ c~~ntnes, standard, order nevertheless persiSted and exchange debt h~s chmbed ,,0 Its current levels: ~ ~OO bIlhon f9f parities were relatively stable. There was budgetary the t~lrd world as a whole, $350 billion for Latm order; the industrialized countries made every effort America. to balance their budgets. There was a degree of 156. Debt-servicing had become ail intolerable bur- predictability in the prices of raw materials. There den, since there was no longer any growth in revenue. was order in trade-admittedly, largely fueled by the Higher interest rates only exacerbated the situation. needs of reconstruction after the massive destruction Since 1982 in every country in Latin America, debt- of the war and the population growth that immedi- servicing, had it been undertaken without any adjust. 161. What has been the price of this? First of all, the creation of a disinflationary phenomenon which reduces singularly an essential element of world growth; secondly, the imposition of the sacrifice of ambitions and the abandonment of policies that leaders considered and presented as the way to ensure greater justice; and, lastly, an increase in the number of the jobless. 162. But the hundreds of thousands of men and women who migrated to towns lost the protection of the rural world without finding a new system of security in exchange. Without jobs, what will become of these uprooted people? Does this not spell hope- lessness for generations of young people? It was reasonable to bank on growth and development; yet now this wager has generated trouble, doubt and danger. 163. This approach has settled nothing, for without development why should the future be any improve- ment on the present? Postponing the due date of a debt in the hope that tomorrow the debtor country will be in a better position to service it is meaningless unless between today and tomorrow there is growth, development, increased income and an improved repayment capacity. 164. But the evolution over the past two years has tended to discourage investment: interest rates are high, exchange rates are unstable, the banks that inte~rity of all States must be fully respected and that problem in conformity with the principles of the foreIgn interference, intervention and covert and Charter of the United Nations and its resolutions on overt attempts at destabilization must be abandoned. Cyprus, as well as the high-level agreements of 1977 I! is of paramount importance ~hat the sovereign and 1979.7 It will also not relent in its efforts to fIghts Df the peoples of the countnes of the region to preserve and safeguard the sovereignty, territorial choose freely the political, economic and social integrity, unity and non-alignment of the Republic systems of their preference be fully respected. and to put an end to the occupation of part of its 219. The Cyprus problem, a major international territory. problem, is not only well known to thia international 225. In asking the General Assembly to put its Organization but is also a question upon which the considerable weight behind the new effort for a just General Assembly has repeatedly pronounced itself solution of the Cyprus problem, we are convinced by way of resolutions, in particular resolution 3212 that this would not only have a beneficial effect for (XXIX), unanimously adopted by the Member the preservation of the territorial integrity of other States, including Turkey, ending with resolution small States but would also enhance the credibility 37/253. Those resolutions, as well as the resolutions and effectiveness of this world Organization. of the Security Council, remain unimplemented; 226. If the partitionist designs against Cyprus were thus, the occupation of part of the territory of the allowed to succeed or even tolerated longer, then the Republic of Cyprus continues, and that is the cause future of all multicommunal, multiracial and multi- of all illegalities. confessional States would be in permanent jeopardy. 220. The question of Cyprus was last debated in the That is why we feel certain that the members of the Gener~I.Assemblyin May 1983 and in the Security Assembly will continue and intensify their efforts for CouncIl m November 1983 and May 1984. As is well Cyprus until it is vindicated. For this we are gra.:ful known, the reason for recourse to the Council in to all members. November 1983 was the illegal attempt by the Turkish Cypriot leadership unilaterally to declare independent the occupied part of Cyprus. The Coun- cil, by its resolution 541 (1983), declared this pur- ported declaration of independence null and void and called for its withdrawal. 221. Between January and March 1984, the Secre- tary-Generallaunched another initiative to break out of the impasse. This initiative had the same fate as previous ones, and for the same reasons. The Cyprus Government accepted this initiative from the begin- ning and encoura~ed the Secretary-General to pro- ceed. Why the initiative failed and who was responsi- ble for this failure were clearly reveal~d by the Secretary-General in his report to the Security Coun- cil of 1 May 1984.6 While the Secretary-General was The meeting rose at 1.15 p.m. NOTES IElCN.4/1984172. 2Final A,et of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, signed at Helsinki on I August 1975. 3Secondl Africa-Caribbean-Pacific-European Economic Com- munity (ACP-EEC) Convention, signed at Lom6 on 31 October 1979. For the text, see The Courier, ACP-EEC, No. S8, November 1979. ·See Report o/the Inte~PJationalConference on Population, 1984 (United Nations publicatio~, Sales No. E.84.XIII.8 and corrigen- da), chap. I, sect. A.