UN General Assembly
1969

provides men with a climate propitious to maximum output and the maximum devotion to the attainment of common objectives. 37. Economically, the general conditions prevailing in our country have ensured that progress has been spectacular in every aspect of Paraguayan life, but it has been achieved without display. Although we receive external financial aid, it is none the less true that the results achieved have been primarily due to the national efforts carried out — I repeat — for the realization of our aspirations by a statesman who is animated by a deep-seated patriotism and by an unshakable devotion to the public weal, and in whom the highest ideals are allied to a capacity for effective action. 38. We continue to have an unfavourable balance of trade, since although our exports have increased, our imports have done so also. Machinery and equipment, particularly tor agriculture and industry, account for a large part of these imports which now affect the balance of trade because of their high cost. They will shortly yield, however, dividends