UN General Assembly
1961

87. Thirdly, aid to developing countries must be as extensive as possible. But little more can be done in this field as long as the burden of the armaments race continues to weigh on the economy of the developed countries. The solution is general and complete disarmament. 88. Lastly, there is a fourth and decisive requirement if the under-developed countries are to make good their economic backwardness and put foreign aid to the best use: the application by the nations concerned themselves of principles and procedures enabling them to mobilize their own resources and themselves to determine the direction to be taken by their country's development for the benefit of the whole nation. I shall not dwell on this question, since it is for the countries concerned to settle it themselves. 89. Thus it is that the question of the complete ; independence and rapid advancement of the developing countries is connected in all its aspects with the fundamental problems of the struggle for peaceful co-existence.