ASSEMBLY INTERIOR; U THANT AND PAZHWAK TAKING SEATS; PAZHWAK BEGINNING PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH.



TRANSCRIPT: "WE ARE HERE TO STRIVE TOWARDS THE REALISATION OF COMMON AIMS AND ENDS, TO ACHIEVE THIS IN A MANNER BOTH PRACTICAL AND FRUITFUL. AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRIMARY AND CONSTANT APPROACH. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE WISDOM OF THE ASSEMBLY WILL FULFILL THE HOPES OF ALL OF US HERE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS SESSION."




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Background: THE FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENED IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) WITH THE ELECTION OF MR ABDURAHHMAN PAZHWAK OF AFGHANISTAN AS PRESIDENT OF THE SESSION. THE DELEGATES THEN STOOD FOR ONE MINUTE IN SILENT TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DR. KONRAD ADENAUER, THE FORMER WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR WHO DIED ON WEDNESDAY.

THE 122-NATION SESSION WILL RESUME WORK ON MONDAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND WAYS TO REPLACE SOUTH AFRICA AS THE ADMINISTERING POWER OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA. IT WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO UNRAVEL THE CONTINUING DISPUTE CONCERNING THE U.N.'s FINANCIAL TROUBLES OVER PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS.

IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH, MR PAZHWAK EXPRESSED ENTHUSIASM FOR THE U.N.'s MUTUAL AIMS: