UN General Assembly
1987

The magnitude of the challenges faced by developing countries and the lack of progress in establishing a new international economic order are matters of grave concern, especially for the least-developed countries. The international community recently affirmed the indissoluble link between disarmament and development. This affirmation requires new practical measures to increase international co-operation in all technical, scientific and economic fields, measures that contribute towards ending backwardness in development - particularly in developing countries facing economic problems, financial questions and the world debt crisis - and make possible international economic co-operation based on mutual benefit and equality thus enabling all mankind to use its potential to work for development, and making it possible to deal with international economic problems in a way that responds to the economic and social requirements of our peoples.