UN General Assembly
1974

57. Last, but not least, is the deep and growing chasm between the developed and the developing countries, the "haves" and the "have-nots", whose efforts to catch up with the march of progress are being rendered more costly and difficult as a result of inflation, owing to which most of them are compelled to import, for reasons which have nothing to do with their own conditions but are rather the outcome of economic and social convulsions in the more advanced States and societies. 58. These fateful, vital issues were discussed in depth and detail during the sixth special session of the General Assembly and this is not the appropriate place to analyze them or pass conclusive judgments on them. However, I feel compelled to refer to them, for two reasons.