UN General Assembly
1993

end, the Government started a new round of negotiations, this time in Sudanese territory, with the other united rebel factions. The Government also accepted a quadrilateral peace initiative put forward by four Heads of State members of the Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Development (IGADD): Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Eritrea. We believe that neighbouring countries are able and keen to help in resolving this stalemate. Furthermore, the Government accepted the initiative of former President Jimmy Carter in mediating between the Government and the rebel factions. In the area of economic development, the Government of the Sudan adopted an ambitious three-year economic programme for the implementation of far-reaching reforms in the structure of the Sudanese economy by engaging in a free-market policy, diminishing the role of the Government in trade and economic activities, and giving the private sector its due catalytic role in these activities. Forty-eighth session - 7 October l993 39 Economic and monetary regulations were enacted to encourage investment, especially in agriculture and animal products. This economic programme reaped its fruits, and