We meet in this General Assembly on the threshold of a new decade. It will be a time of complex challenge, a period in which, more than ever, co-operative en- deavours among nations are a matter not only of idealism but also of direct self-interest.
39. The decade now drawing to a close has been ch…
Mr. Presi- dent, I congratulate you on your election to this important office.
105. We allleamed this morning with shock and sadness of the sudden death of Pope John Paul I. His passing deprives the world of a wise and compassionate leader whose brief ministry had already given promise of great- ne…