UN General Assembly
1984

52. I believe that the fact that the world order is increasingly defined by the arms race and financial greed is an ethical confusion. Were these motivations to persist, there would be no well-being for the majority of our countries. It is also well to recall that what affects the South will sooner or later affect the welfare of the more advanced countries. 53. I have the firm conviction that, as recently stated by Pope John Paul II, today development is the new name for peace