UN General Assembly
1971

21. All those circumstances make it imperative to establish new bases for the trade and monetary systems, promoting a closer integration between the economies of the developed and. the developing countries. For this reason, it is more than justified to demand that the latest protectionist measures should not be applied to the developing countries, Monopoly, discrimination and protectionism at the expense of others not only impede general progress but also widen the material base for conflicts and crises in the field of political relations.