General Assembly

Thirty-Ninth Regular Session of the General Assembly

4 October 1984

The United Nations General Assembly, which commenced its 39th Regular Session on the afternoon of 18 September, elected as its President Paul J.F. Lusaka, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the UN. As proclaimed by the Assembly in 1981, the International Day of Peace was observed on the opening day of the new Session. The United Nations now has 159 Member States. Six other States and thirteen organizations have Observer status.
Captain Thomas Sankara, Head of State and President of the National Council of the Revolution of Burkina Faso, addressing the General Assembly on 4 October.

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