- Title: UNKNOWN: GERMANIES AND BAHAMAS ADDRESS UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
- Date: 19th September 1973
- Summary: ROLL ONE-OTTO WINZER (SPEAKING IN GERMAN) OF EAST GERMANY EXPRESSES SINCERE GRATITUDE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CALLS ADMISSION OF HIS COUNTRY A HISTORIC AND HAPPY EVENT AND SAYS ADMISSION OF GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AS TWO SEPARATE AND SOVEREIGN STATES IS IN IMPORTANT STEP ON ROAD TO IMPROVING THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. ALSO WINZER SAYS HIS COUNTRY CONDEMNS COLONIAL AND RACIST EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLES AND IS READY TO DEVELOP FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH UNITE NATIONS MEMBERS STATES. WALTER SCHEEL WHO IS THE WEST GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER (SPEAKING IN GERMAN) SAYS HIS COUNTRY HESITATED TO JOIN THE UNITED NATIONS BECAUSE IT IS PAINFUL TO FACE UP TO THE POLITICAL REALITY OF THE DIVISION OF ONES COUNTRY. SCHEEL ALSO PRAISES THE UNITED NATIONS AS BEING MORE AMBITIOUS THAN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN THAT IT SEEKS TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. ROLL TWO-MORE SCHEEL WHO EXPRESSES THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THOSE WHO WELCOMED HIS COUNTRY INTO THE ORGANIZATION. BAHAMIAN PRIME MINISTER LYNDON PINDLING THANKS UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS, SAYS THAT NATIONS HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR PEACE AND THAT NO NATION IS AN ISLAND UNTO ITSELF. GOOD CUTAWAYS AND GENERAL VIEWS THROUGHOUT COVERAGE. Initials ED. NOTE: ENGLISH SPOKEN EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED. ENGLISH TRANSLATION ON SEPARATE TRACK. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 3rd October 1973 13:00
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- Location: GERMANIES BAHAMAS
- Reuters ID: LVA3VA0GMK9HNPLVZLINGUH7M6B7
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