UN General Assembly
1982

of the States of that region, is taking on alarming proportions. The instability is growing through the deterioration of national economies;, aggravated by adverse international economic factors and a lack of understanding on the part of the economically powerful countries, which reduce to cold figures the treatment of issues so basic to Latin America as trade of commodities, on which the development and survival of entire peoples depend. 213. Various plans and peace proposals for Central America have not attained the objectives set. The coherent and reasonable plan of President Lopez Portillo of Mexico, proposals for Central American meetings emanating from Panama have not reached a stage of maturity and execution because the common horizon is darkened by misunderstanding and violence. 214. Spain is continuing to give priority attention to and show greater concern for the development of the Central American tragedy. We consider it necessary to design a pattern of solutions based on a number of basic ideas, which in our judgement could be the following: rejection of so-called military solutions, which lack effectiveness; reliance on political