UN General Assembly
1960

6. In this connexion, it should be borne in mind that the level of development in Latin America is far from even. While some countries have made modest progress, others, hampered by structural defects in their geo-economy, have not even achieved the degree of under-development attained by other backward countries in other parts of the world. The Bogotá Conference therefore agreed to establish a scale of priority for countries which are in a truly critical situation and others — including Bolivia — which are land-locked and without access to the sea.