UN General Assembly
1987

In connection with the growing interdependence of all our countries, my Government wishes to make a very special mention of the report entitled "Our Common Future", prepared by the World Commission on the Environment and Development, an organization presided over by the Prime Minister of Norway, Mrs. Gro Harlem Bruntland, and whose final report has been submitted to this Assembly for consideration. The diagnosis, conclusions and guidelines of that valuable work have been closely scrutinized in ray country. Venezuela's traditional position, both at the national level and in the international forums dealing with the study of environmental problems, has been to defend development in harmony with a balanced ecology, of which man is an integral part and without which his very existence could be threatened. We welcome the publication of this brilliant and useful work and urge that it be debated with a creative intent for the best interests of man and his future.