UN General Assembly
1958

198.In line with the views I have briefly presented here, the Danish Government is of the opinion that it is an urgent task for the United Nations to proceed with this matter and to reach a clear and lasting solution as soon as possible. It might be possible, as suggested by my Icelandic colleague, for the General Assembly to take this matter into its own hands for immediate decision. My Government is deeply interested in the question and in its speedy solution. Should it prove most expedient to seek to have the matter solved at a new international conference, we shall strongly support a proposal for the prompt convening of such a conference. 197. In the economic field, the United Nations, in our opinion, ought to intensify its efforts to achieve international co-operation in solving economic problems which we all realize are intimately related with our political problems. It is an important step in the right direction when the United Nations increasingly recognizes its collective responsibility for the level of prosperity of economically less developed areas.