UN General Assembly
1980

87. The eleventh special session was held in a critical environment marked in particular by deepening structural imbalances in the world economy and a reaffirmation of an ever obvious phenomenon: the "development of under-development" in ever more vast areas of the third world. It was to contribute, on the basis of a calm evaluation, free of complacency, of the implementation of the new international economic order, to bridging the wide gap separating statements of intent from effective action; it was to bring about a qualitatively new stage in international cooperation for development. 88. We had hoped at the time that the special session could launch the process of global negotiations and that an inter-national strategy could be adopted that would lead to real universal action for development. It would have thus breathed new life into the work of restructuring the current world economic order. 89. Once more people failed to see reason, to the great detriment of all. 90. What lessons can we learn from the North-South dialogue and, beyond that, the establishment of the new inter-national economic order?