UN General Assembly
1982

the decrease in official development assis¬tance in general and in multilateral aid in particular. 279. Finland will continue its strong support for multilateral development activities. In our develop¬ment policies we have traditionally concentrated on the poorest countries. Finland has committed itself to allocating at least 30 per cent of its bilateral assis¬tance to the least developed countries, in compliance with the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries adopted at the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries. We have also consistently emphasized the value and the unique role of United Nations programmes aimed at human resources development. In that spirit, my Government is pro¬posing for 1983 to increase the Finnish contribution to UNDP again by 14 per cent and to double our support to UNICEF. 280. On this occasion I wish to reaffirm the deter¬mination of the Finnish Government to continue the rapid growth of our international aid program. This year Finland has reached the medium-term target aimed at doubling the share of gross national product for official development