UN General Assembly
1966

67. In order to remedy the fluctuation of prices and the currency drain caused by it, and while awaiting the advent of this new world economic order for which we call with all our heart and strength, my country will continue to pursue and improve, realistically and discriminatingly, the consolidation of groupings among developing countries within an appropriate geographical framework. 68. If these regional groupings are to become dynamic, effective foci of rapid economic expansion, they must keep their doors wide open, first to neighbour countries, then to similar groupings on other continents and, finally, to international organizations. It is in the light of such concerns that one must understand our fruitful relations with the Special Fund and our effective association with the European Economic Community, which is setting an example of disinterested aid and a noble spirit of co-operation and strengthening our faith in the future relations between developed and developing countries.