UN General Assembly
1979

107. In that regard, some new ideas are receiving greater attention. First of all, under-development is no longer taken to mean slow development, that is, as a phase in a process of expansion from which the countries of the third world will one day emerge. Under-development is indeed a result of development, a distortion resulting from the relations between the dominant States and the dependent States, Under-development is the result of the exchange relationship in raw materials and the consequence of the exploitation of our resources. A second, very fruitful idea is to study the fact that the life of human society largely depends on factors other than economic ones. There does not exist any human action without its spiritual dimension. 108. These are realities that increasingly lead to a certain conduct that is seen above all in the developing countries—to fall back on their own resources and to organize the collective power of the poor countries in negotiations with the rich ones.