UN General Assembly
1960

171. The under-developed countries can also ask for greater understanding and more open-mindedness and for a fair evaluation of the basic facts involved in their problem. However, to ask without receiving an adequate answer is no solution, and without a solution the under-developed countries cannot improve their level of living; they cannot even organize their .economy, since their exports, that is to say the existing basis of that economy, sometimes fall dangerously low. What must they do in such cases, which are unfortunately all too frequent? 172. This is most certainly not an appropriate time to formulate the answer. I would merely point out that the problem is basic, that it is complex and that often, unfortunately too often, it is dealt with inadequately, or even wrongly.