UN General Assembly
1982

in a democratic forum, that of the General Assembly, the major problems in the way of international economic co¬operation. Instead of seizing the opportunity to engage in genuine, constructive and comprehensive negotia¬tions, our partners from the developed countries seem more concerned to safeguard and protect the excessive advantages inherited from an unjust economic order. 162. We are very disturbed at the lack of the sincere political will to launch the global negotiations on international economic co-operation for develop¬ment. We believe it is high time for the international community to reach agreement in this respect. 163. It is encouraging to see in the communique issued after the Versailles Economic Summit in June that the growth of the developing countries and the strengthening of constructive relations with them are vital to the political and economic prosperity of the world. Paradoxically, however, we are witnessing an erosion of the spirit of international co-operation. In recent years the developing countries have faced the rejection of dialogue by their industrialized partners from the north. 164. Our disappointment and our frustrations