UN General Assembly
1972

170. I have done no more than provide a summary of my Government's policy on various issues of the day. AS a developing country and as an African country, Gambia's major concerns are trade and development, the effective prosecution of the struggle against racism and apartheid, the equitable sharing of the resources of the sea in the light of the special needs of the developing countries, the improvement and control of the human environment without prejudice to the rapid economic development of the non-European countries, and international security. These issues will no doubt engage the attention of this Assembly, and it is my Government's hope that our deliberations here will result in collective action and in the harmonization of views and policies for the resolution of these problems in the interests of mankind and in the cause of peace.