UN General Assembly
1983

152. It is in selfish and short-sighted ways such as these that nations seek to close the options for co-operation and peace for which the majority of people on our globe fervently hope. 132. Yet in another equally important respect, the political freedom of action based on its status of neutrality helps Malta overcome these problems and enlarge its freedom of manoeuvre, even in the economic Held. Progressively we have widened the range of our trading and other economic relationships to include most countries, developed and developing alike, from our region and beyond.