UN General Assembly
1976

87. It is from this standpoint that the developing countries embarked, along with the developed countries, on a dialog designed to bHng balance into existing economic relations within the framework of an economic Order which would be negotiated between equal partners; this would in no way prejudice the long-term interests of the developed countries or destroy the prosperity of their peoples. 88. This dialog was inevitable because we are living in a world of interpenetration, the elements of which are closely linked, and because our interdependence stems from the subtle and complex links between the various problems we face. 89. This dialog was necessary because it has enabled us to understand and also to discharge our serious responsibilities, which are to eliminate the genuine threat of poverty and insecurity which faces mankind now and in the future. 90. Scores of nations have in our day embarked upon an evolutionary process without precedent in history, a process which will determine the future of human beings and the fate of their civilizations.