UN General Assembly
1982

and achieve the growth targets in the developing coun¬tries as set forth in the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade. The realization of those objectives requires that urgent and prompt attention be given to the critical problems confronting the developing countries, such as unequal exchange on international commodity mar' ^s, finance, food and energy. 351. There is a need for greater South-South co-oper¬ation within the framework of the Caracas Programme of Action^' in order to break the cycle of dependence, poverty and underdevelopment. The developing coun¬tries must undertake concerted efforts within the context of collective self-reliance to halt the misery of their peoples, since experience has shown that the survival of a people must begin with their own efforts. 352. We are convinced that in a world of growing expectation and increasing communications between nations and social groups, a lack of response to the pressing demand for more understanding, tolerance and selflessness can become a real source of conflict at both the national and the international levels. We are in an interdependent world and must collec¬tively