UN General Assembly
1982

which are far from being resolved, preclude any immediate relief for the developing countries, whose already weak and vulnerable economies should be propelled forward at an acceptable pace. The North-South dialogue appears to be moribund. Immobility and stalemate have become the norm. 191. Thus, it is all the more to be hoped that at this session the Assembly will finally bring about the agreement on the launching of the global negotiations that has eluded us for so long. The meetings of Cancun in October 1981 and Versailles in June 1982 represent serious attempts to give impetus to the global negotiations. Endeavors in that direction must continue within the United Nations and should be the responsibility of all Member States. The developed world in particular must assume its appropriate share of that responsibility. My Government will lend its support to any effort to that end. It is more than obvious that failing to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor nations will only increase political instability and endanger peace all over the world.