UN General Assembly
1991

"Moreover, Member States should whenever possible consider the inclusion of human rights clauses in international agreements, following the example of the Lome Conventions and the recent constituent Act of the new European Development Bank. Such clauses are inspired not by any type of cultural imperialism, but by our deep conviction of the interrelationship between human rights, pluralism and economic and social development. In this spirit, Belgium has recently insisted upon the introduction of the notion of respect for human rights in its bilateral agreements with States with which it maintains close traditional links of cooperation.