UN General Assembly
2012

Nations and multilateral institutions in the economic and financial fields. The United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions should complement each other and act in complete political and economic coordination and harmony. As far as we are concerned, Algeria has shouldered its share of responsibility. It has made enormous sacrifices and continues to rigorously control and manage its expenditures. The fiscal surplus that we have achieved has allowed us to adopt a revived social policy under our five-year plan 2010-2014 that involves redistributing wealth while maintaining investments for economic growth. Algeria has always called for combating the causes and not just the consequences of instability. We have insisted on the important fact that development and peace and security are interrelated, and that the strategies of the United Nations and, in particular, the Security Council, for lasting peace must be thought of in harmony with socioeconomic development policies. In that regard, at the regional level, Algeria is contributing to the process of democratization and the promotion of the rule of law and socioeconomic development. The fight against hunger and poverty,