UN General Assembly
1965

119. But this is only part of the battle. Underdevelopment constitutes the major handicap of most non-aligned countries and the problems to which it gives rise are therefore common to all of us. 120. Because of the disadvantages inherent in the operation of a national economy within a narrow market, the African States will turn more and more towards regional arrangements in the search for an integrated and complementary economy based on a more extensive market. At the same time, as the representative of Senegal so eloquently pointed out in his statement [1334th meeting], the highly industrialized countries must embark upon a more dynamic and more realistic economic policy which will include the organization of the markets for raw materials, the progressive industrialization of under-developed countries, together with its essential accompaniment, more substantial aid to development. In my opinion, only such a policy, through the spirit of international solidarity which it generates, will be able to create among States, both rich and poor, a better climate of understanding and co-operation based on justice and peace.