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New York. In its glass palace,
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the 28th United Nation's
General Assembly starts
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with an act that is celebrated
as an historic event:
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The entry of new states.
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28 years after the end
of the Second World War,
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Germany received two places
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between Gambia and Ghana as new
members of the global association.
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Otto Winzer,
the GDR's Foreign Minister,
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his FRG colleague Walter Scheel
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and their delegations
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were welcomed by the general assembly
by acclamation.
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The avowal to peace, solidarity
and abstinence from violence
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were focal points in the speech
Willy Brandt held before the UN.
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Dear colleagues and friends,
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I speak to you
as a German and as a European.
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To be more precise,
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my people live in two states
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and yet continue
to consider themselves one nation.
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At the same time, our part of Europe
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is as yet not much more
than an economic community,
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but it wishes to grow together,
in this decade,
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as the European Union.
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The satisfaction felt
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with regard to being received
amicably here
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is decreased
by the division of Europe.
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On German soil it finds
particularly severe expression,
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and after almost
three decades since the war,
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claims lives again and again.
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Admittedly,
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in that part of Europe
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from where
so many tensions have risen,
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we have started
with a policy of mutual understanding.
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As the Federal Republic of Germany,
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we will work towards
a state of peace in Europe,
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where the German people,
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in free self-determination,
can once again
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achieve unification.
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We have come here
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to share responsibility
in the global political sphere,
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based on our convictions,
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and within our capabilities.
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And may I ask the following:
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If the world does not manage
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to fend off violence
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and, finally,
to ostracise it efficiently,
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how does it then hope
to solve issues of peace?
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As these issues,
free and far from violence,
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demand all our energies.
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And please allow me
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to say the following
with necessary clarity:
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Hardship is conflict.
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Where there is hunger,
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there cannot be long-term peace.
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Where there is bitter poverty,
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there is no justice.
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Where the existence of basic needs
is threatened on a daily basis,
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one cannot talk of security.
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When faced with hardship,
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there must not be resignation.
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Subtitles: L. Corper et al.