UN General Assembly
1967

153. In that context I should like to state that we attach great importance to the future of the activities of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, The Ministers of Economy of seventy- seven developing countries will soon meet at Algiers in order to determine their course of action at the second session of the Conference. We sincerely hope that their views and policies will receive sympathetic consideration by the developed nations at the New Delhi Conference. 154. Our preoccupation with persistent international issues and mounting crises should not make us lose sight of the fact that the United Nations has made significant progress in a number of fields. I refer particularly to the question of human rights where, by its constant endeavours and probing, the United Nations has done much to uphold the dignity of man throughout the world.