UN General Assembly
1974

25. The experience of our nation has shown that the natural rights of each country, in conditions of peace and security, is the creation of favorable opportunities for its development. Not so long ago, Poland was a country marked by socio-economic backwardness, and the consequences, of that fact adversely affected the nation's standard of living and its international standing as well. In a relatively short span of time, our nation has tackled the unfinished work of many centuries and carried out a basic reconstruction of the country, which now ranks as the world's tenth largest industrial producer. At present, we are dynamically expanding the country's potential.