UN General Assembly
1982

action. As regards the sessions of UNCTAD, the sixth session will take place in Belgrade in 1983; each and Every regional group of the world including the Latin, American group, through the Latin American Economic System holds coordination meetings prior to UNCTAD sessions, which lead to a plenary meeting of the Group of 77, where spokesmen from. Latin America. Africa and Asia set forth criteria on each subject which will be put forward at the UNCTAD session. 59. This explains why there are purely Latin American bodies with the right to participate on an equal footing as the Asian and African groups, and the group of Western Europe and other States, which includes the United States, the Eastern. European group and other organizations made up of countries with common interests, such as the Organization 60. Latin America rightly wished to strengthen its capacity to negotiate within and outside this hemi-sphere using purely Latin American machinery. Latin America wants Latin American solutions to Latin American problems, from a Latin American point of view, implementing principles of friendship and" co-operation with