"There can be no doubt that the Security Council's recommendation to the General Assembly advances and underscores the Organization's goal of universality. I am certain that, as new members of the Organization, the Dt;mocratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea will contribute positively to efforts to enhance the effe<..1:iveness of the work of the United Nations and strengthen respect for its purposes and principles.
"The admission ofthe Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea will also reduce tensions in the region, create a favourable atmosphere for and facilitate the promotion of confidence-building measures in their bilateral relations and provide them with an appropriate forum in which to consider the many things they have in common and to overcome the few remaining obstacles to their unification.
"We have recently seen how countries that were once adversaries have found the necessary strength to put aside their differences in favour of their shared interest in promoting the well-being of their peoples and of the world in general. We are living in an age in which manldnd seems to be regaining its senses. We can begin the next millennium in a more optimistic spirit. In the positive atmosphere resulting from the end of the cold war, we note with great satisfaction a new manifestation of constructive understanding: the recommendation, adopted by the Se-eurity Council, that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea become Members of the United Nations.
"I wish to conclude by saying that, in my capacity as President of the Security Council and on behalf of all its members, I am on this historic occasion deeply honoured to address these words ofcongratulation to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and to the Republic ofKorea."
B. Application of the Federated State.f of Micronesia
De4:isions
At its 2999th meeting, on 6 August 1991, the Council, following the adoption of its agenda, decided to refer the application of the Federated States of Micronesia203 to the Committee on the Admission of New Members tor examination and report, as provided in rule 59 of the provisional rules of procedure.
At its 3002nd meeting, on 9 August 1991, the Council discussed the report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members204 concerning the application of the Federated States of Micronesia for admission to membe.rship in the United Nations.

Resolution 703 (1991)
or 9 AlJI!ullt 1991
The Security Council,
Having examined the application of the Federated States of Micronesia for admission to the United Nations,2t13
Recommends to the General Assembly that the Federated States of Micronesia be admitted to membership in the United Nations.
Adopted without 11 vote at the j(I()2J·d meeting.
Decision
At the same meeting, tollowing the adoption of Security Council resolution 703 (1991), the President of the Council made the tollowing statement on behalf of the members:200
"In my capacity as President of the Security Council and on behalf ofthe members of the Council, l should like to underscore the historic importance of the resolution which we have just adopted recommending the admission of the Federated States of Micronesia to membership in the United Nations. This resolution is without a doubt the logical follow-up to resolution 683 (1990), adopted hy the Security Council on 22 December 1990, by which it terminated the trusteeship arrangement for the territories of Micronesia.
"For the Security Council as well as for the Trusteeship Council, and for the United Nations as a whole, this resolution marks the culmination of an effort sustained over decades to enable the peoples of these territories to take charge oftheir destiny and assume the place to which they are entitled in the commw1ity of nations.
"The universality of the Organization is steadily becoming a reality and gaining in significance as more and more of the States which make up the world commW1ity are admitted to membership.
"The founders of the Organization had precisely that objective in mind, namely the formation of a single, universal entity in which all States would share responsibility for the preseiVation of international peace and security without distinction as to level of economic development, size of population, military might or any other factor.
"The Federated States of Micronesia will make an outstanding contribution to the United Nations by bringing to it an innovative approach and a fresh perspective on world atiairs, in order to promote changes in established practices, many of which, as all the Members of the Organization are aware, are in need of renewal.

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