UN General Assembly
1993

in a context of mutual respect. In other words, the proposal for an "agenda for development" initiated by the Brazilian delegation, with the support of the Group of 77, to accompany the "Agenda for Peace" submitted by our Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, deserves the international community’s attention. This important measure reflects the concerns of the Head of State of Senegal, President Abdou Diouf, who, when he addressed this Assembly last year, on this very date, launched the idea of a general agreement on solidarity as the foundation for fruitful international economic cooperation, the driving force of North-South solidarity in a renewed form. Ancient African wisdom - the ancient wisdom of our continent -teaches us that human beings, who alone can change and improve their own environment, are endowed with prodigious intellectual and moral resources, resources based on intelligence, imagination and the ability to rise to a situation in a way that makes it possible for them to fulfil their destiny. We must remain united and mutually supportive. In this connection, the delegation of Senegal solemnly