UN General Assembly
1983

26. This crisis which has afflicted the fragile economies of the least developed countries inexorably accentuates their underdevelopment and makes it even more difficult for them to gain access to the international financial markets, where there is an increasing tendency to lend only to the richer countries. 27. The Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, like the other least developed countries, has been one of the main victims of the disorder in the international economic system. Being an island country newly independent and with limited resources, the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros has had since 1977 a continuing decrease in the average growth of its purchasing power and a steady falling off in per capita foreign exchange earnings.