UN General Assembly
1962

26. During the Development Decade there will surely be an increasing need for international assistance to the newly independent States of Africa and to other developing countries. My country will continue its efforts in every possible way to further economic and technical co-operation with these countries in Asia, Africa and wherever our co-operation is required or may be useful. In this connexion, I should like to point out that most of the countries of Asia, where more than half of the world’s population is concentrated, have already gained considerable experience in economic development and are making positive efforts to further their development on the basis of long-range plans. In order that their strenuous endeavours may find their just reward, it is necessary to increase assistance to them by multilateral or bilateral means.