UN General Assembly
1950

45. This situation also accounts for the fact that today any small country pursuing an independent foreign policy cannot usually obtain, despite the existence of the United Nations, adequate, economic support in the face of the economic pressure or economic aggression to which it is exposed. It is obvious that only the forces of aggression can benefit from such a situation. 46. The United Nations is therefore faced in this connexion with the following question: should a nation subjected to economic aggression or fighting for its economic independence or striving to overcome its economic and cultural backwardness obtain the economic support of the United Nations? 47. In our opinion, there is no question but that such support must be given, if only because such questions are so closely linked to the general question of the maintenance of peace. For this reason, the Yugoslav delegation attaches considerable importance to the question of the international financing of economic projects in the under-developed countries and considers that speedy practical steps should be taken without delay for the solution of this problem.