UN General Assembly
1971

201. However, our world continues to drift and these noble ideals are flouted daily, and international cooperation has become seriously bogged down. Of course, since the twenty-fifth session of the General Assembly we have had an instrument which, in the opinion of our delegation, represents at the present time the most complete statement of the problems of cooperation and of the possible solutions. We are referring to the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade [resolution 2626 (XXV)]. This document, when it was adopted, was, of course, accompanied by the serious reservations by certain Powers whose unconditional support would have ensured its effectiveness. These reservations have undoubtedly produced in the poorer countries a feeling of disappointment and frustration. But we should welcome the fact that in spite of this bitterness perhaps because of it the dynamic nature of our Strategy was safeguarded. That is why we would appeal to one and all to remove their reservations, and we trust that all the partners will demonstrate their political determination and collective will, without which the goals and objectives of our Strategy will remain mere pious hopes.