UN General Assembly
1982

such a toll in human lives and untold economic disruption. In the same vein, we support the aspirations of the Korean people for the peaceful reunification of their country. In our statement to the General Assembly at the 27th meeting of the thirty-fifth session, my delegation expressed concern at the unilateral suspen¬sion of the then ongoing South-North working level contacts by North Korea and urged the South and the North of Korea, the two parties directly con¬cerned, to resume the dialogue immediately in accordance with the letter and spirit of the joint communique of 4 July 1972 in order to ease tension and to improve relations. No progress seems to have been made so far, and my delegation would like to renew that appeal. 238. The Government of Kenya is gravely concerned about the critical situation in which the world economy finds itself today. The effects of the deepening reces¬sion hurt the developing countries the most, because it is those countries that experience acute problems of balance of payments, falling per capita income, rapidly