UN General Assembly
1992

economic and social development. The world gap between rich and poor has been widening in an alarming way. The United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report for 1992 shows that the richest 20 per cent of the world population receive 82.7 per cent of total world income, whereas the poorest 20 per cent receive only 1.4 per cent. The international community cannot remain passive in the face of these grave and growing disparities. The Organization, owing to its universal membership and the breadth of its purposes and principles, must play a leading role to guide and stimulate the establishment of guidelines for the United Nations system as a whole, in order to find solutions to the important issues related to the development and well-being of all peoples. It is necessary in this respect to strengthen the Economic and Social Council. Some progress has already been made in its restructuring, but it is necessary that such restructuring be continued and deepened in order to revitalize this principal organ of our Organization. It also seems necessary