UN General Assembly
1964

49. If we do not want the prospects of the United Nations to grow dim, and if we work together honestly to ensure that our present opportunities are not lost, we can be sure of a peaceful future for mankind. 50. What my delegation feels about the role of the non-nuclear Powers in the problem of disarmament applies even more strongly to everything connected with the economic advancement of peoples. 51. My Government has been following with deep, interest the problems discussed at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Geneva from March to June 1964. Spain itself is not yet sufficiently industrialized. We are on the way to development. For that reason, we fully associated ourselves with the concern expressed at the Conference regarding the need to open up new prospects for international trade and to raise the level of living throughout the world. 52. In recent years, my country has made substantial progress in its economic development and has achieved notable increases in income and taken a larger part in international trade.