UN General Assembly
1965

38. It is impossible also to pass over in silence the situation. in Europe. It is high time that the vestiges of the Second World War were done away with and the situation in Europe normalized. The solution of the problem of a peaceful German settlement would respond to the vital interests of peace and security in Europe and would contribute to a normalization of the entire international situation. A peaceful German settlement is possible only on the basis of recognition of the fact of the existence of the two German States, that is, the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, and of the territory of West Berlin. The realistic way to a rapprochement of both German States and to the peaceful unification of the German people is stated in the manifesto of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic dated 5 May 1965. This peaceful programme, inspired by a sense of responsibility for the future of the German people and for the destinies of peace, as stated in the manifesto, is fully supported by the Ukrainian people, who, in the span of one generation, went through two world wars unleashed by German imperialism.