UN General Assembly
1982

emerge. If countries mean what they say when they lament the colossal waste resulting from ever increasing expenditure on weapons of destruction, let them without delay look to those remedies which lie nearest to hand. UNDP is one such remedy, and it deserves the support of countries seeking to achieve the kind of world which we all desire. That leads me to express my country's disappointment at further evidence of the lack of concern by some countries for development initiatives. I refer to the failure of those countries to support the Convention on the Law of the Sea. Barbados participated in the long and tortuous negotiations directed towards solving the problem of the management of the resources of the sea. We expected that the principle of the common heritage of mankind would be accepted and applied. Consequently, we are saddened by the grudging reluctance with which many of the developed States have recognized the. Convention. We are also distressed by the apparently firm intention of stronger maritime Powers to ensure that the most