A/40/PV.129 General Assembly
Before calling on the first
speaker this morning in the debate on agenda item 150, I wish to express to the
Government and people of the Union of Soviet SOcialist Republics, on my own behalf
and on behalf of all the Members of the Assembly, our condolences on the tragic loss
of life and damage caused by the accident at the nuclear-power plan~ in ChernObyl.
I also ask the representative of the Union of Soviet SOcialist Republics to
convey our condolences to the relatives of the victims.