UN General Assembly
1977

211. We regard as highly positive the conclusion that the debates and the negotiations for the establishment, of a new international economic order would be more productive if they were held in a framework in which all States could participate on democratic bases. 212. Economic relations and the general rules which should govern international trade, in particular in the field of primary commodities, trade in manufactures, the supply of energy in conditions offering guarantees of security to all, the transfer of techniques and technology, co-operation in the field of communications and the financial and monetary sectors, and, especially, the establishment of more suitable methods of payment and the maintenance of resources in the countries of origin—all these are problems to which a satisfactory solution cannot be found if they are confined within the limits of North-South relations.