UN General Assembly
1953

28. Measures to ensure a more rapid improvement in the living standards of under-developed countries have been taken by the Argentine Government at the national level; the principles underlying those measures govern its policy at the international level. My country has recently completed a new stage in its efforts to attain the aims I have described by concluding treaties of economic union with the neighbouring republics of Chile and Paraguay. These important instruments guarantee effective international collaboration in the southern part of the American continent, the object being, without prejudice to the sovereignty and political independence of the countries concerned, to develop complementary economies which will allow of the maximum return for their production. Even though our efforts are necessarily limited to action within our national borders and to collaboration with our sister countries for the attainment of common objectives, they offer an example of how to set about making the structural changes to which I have referred. It is, of course, essential that the facts which I have placed before you should be fully understood by responsible governments and world public opinion. My country will resolutely pursue that policy in conjunction with all the American republics. The studies carried out by the United Nations, in particular those based on resolution 623 (VII) which was adopted by the General Assembly at the last session, will provide the necessary basic knowledge of the facts and further the adoption of appropriate measures.