UN General Assembly
1963

157. While we are all aware of the essential need to tackle these problems in a spirit of frank co-operation, we know equally well that the broadening of international trade and the granting of financial aid, however essential, are not in themselves sufficient to solve the problems of development. Those instruments should be supplemented by technical assistance, which is indispensable for the establishment of the infrastructures necessary for industrialization and for the professional training of cadres in the developing countries. This is afield which lends itself to fruitful action by the United Nations, and a field in which Italy can offer its accumulated experience. Particularly valuable, in our view, is the work done by the United Nations Special Fund for pre-investment projects.