UN General Assembly
1965

55. In expressing the gratitude of the Costa Rican delegation, I should like also to express our thanks to Spain, China, the Federal Republic of Germany, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Iraq, Kuwait and Israel. The last-mentioned country, as well as certain other countries I have mentioned, are relatively less developed countries; yet they have generously come to our assistance in our hour of need. Their contributions to the United Nations fund for assistance to Costa Rica after the eruption of the Irazú volcano, together with the effective bilateral assistance from the United States, the United Kingdom and other friendly countries, have enabled us within a short time to repair much of the terrible damage which this great calamity — now happily a thing of the past — wrought on our economy and our national life. 56. Costa Rica has also been extremely active in the Special Committee on the Policies of apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.