UN General Assembly
1980

140. Despite its adverse budgetary situation, the Federal Republic of Germany has, between 1977 and 1979—that is, within two years—doubled its official development assistance from 3.2 to 6.1 billion deutsche marks. In absolute terms, my country is therefore, together with France, the second largest donor country. Furthermore, its official development assistance amounts to 0.44 per cent of its gross national product and thus exceeds the average of the industrial countries. 141. An indispensable part of the global negotiations is a comprehensive dialogue on energy between oil importing and oil exporting countries. The energy issue has now become so crucial and has such far-reaching effects on all other economic sectors that the aim of global negotiations would not be achievable without an energy dialogue.