UN General Assembly
1953

61. I should like now to turn to some non-political but no less important activities of the United Nations. I should first mention the very valuable work that this Organization is doing for the economic development of the under-developed countries. The Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance of the United Nations and its specialized agencies is of the utmost importance for the future of peace and human welfare. Our interest in the programme has been demonstrated in a clear and tangible way by the fact that we have more than doubled our contribution to the Special Account. It is unfortunate that the pledge and the contributions have been far short of the 25 million dollars which it was hoped would be collected for the third financial period. My delegation associates itself with other delegations in appealing to all Members and non-members to participate in the technical assistance programme, to increase their contributions in order to save the programme from its present financial difficulties.