UN General Assembly
1988

of being the priceless asset of the whole of mankind, should be made the monopolies or domains of those that use them not only as a source of super-profits but also as a method of exerting pressure on and dictating to others. On more than one occasion during the past decade the majority of Member States, in particular developing countries, have forcefully raised the question of the transfer of technology as one of the goals of efforts to establish more just and equal international economic relations. Despite everything, these just demands have so far fallen on deaf ears. At the present time we are facing another negative phenomenon. Although by its very nature this problem may seem to be purely ecological, which it is, there is also a marked political overtone. I refer to the covert or overt efforts of some States to rid their territories of industrial waste, including toxic and radioactive waste, and dump it in other countries, primarily the developing countries. It is therefore a paradox and unfair that the industrially advanced countries,