UN General Assembly
1982

instability, blatant protectionism on the part of the industrialized countries, unparalleled indebtedness and the systematic lowering of the prices the third world countries get for their primary commodities are not only endangering their real prospects for advancing towards development within a more or less acceptable time span but posing an immediate threat to the lives of millions of people and the very future of dozens of nations. The United States is maintaining an attitude of clear opposition to the launching of the global negotiations, which are an important instrument for enabling the international community to face in an appropriate manner the serious problems of the world economy. Cuba supports the efforts exerted by the Group of 77 to obtain the launching of global negotiations, which would spur the development of the backward countries, but would also be an effective means of enabling the developing economies to emerge from the constant recession in which they have been for several years. Everyone knows that Cuba has always held the firm opinion that there