The forty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 15 September 1987 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The president was Peter Florin, previous Ambassador to the United Nations of the German Democratic Republic. During his presidency of the United Nations General Assembly, he was, according to the New York Times, "nicknamed 'Comrade Glasnost' by delegates, who s[aw] him as him a symbol of the modern Communist of the Gorbachev era."MAN IN THE NEWS; A German In Charge: Peter Florin", New York Times, 22 September 1987 See also
Outline of the United Nations List of UN General Assembly sessions List of General debates of the United Nations General Assembly References
External links Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 42nd session