UN General Assembly
1983

Therefore, in the spirit of the Declaration adopted by the Seventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi in March 1983, and the Buenos Aires Platform of the Group of 77,' we urge the Assembly to take the necessary action for the launching of the global round of negotiations. Meanwhile, we insist on the adoption of a programme of immediate measures in areas of critical importance to the developing countries, including finance, trade, raw materials, energy and food, in order to stimulate economic growth in those countries. At the same time, we urge the continued intensification of efforts for South-South co-operation within the framework of collective self-reliance. In this increasingly interdependent world, the economic development and political stability of developed and developing countries have become inter-linked. Development requires an atmosphere of peace, but peace cannot be maintained for long when there is a widening gap between an affluent few and a vast majority that survives on the edge of poverty and deprivation.