UN General Assembly
1996

Janeiro in 1992 to Habitat II in Istanbul earlier this year, have proved to be useful in enabling Member States to focus on the various aspects of development and to cultivate a common vision and a comprehensive strategy for cooperation among themselves. We hope that the outcome of such conferences will help convince Member States of the need to render all necessary assistance and cooperation to the United Nations for its efforts in these areas. But while we believe that international cooperation could stimulate and promote development, we also believe that development efforts should, first and foremost, begin at home. As a developing country, Thailand has always attached high importance to both economic growth and social development and has aspired to achieve an equilibrium between the two. This is evident in all of Thailand’s national development plans. Currently Thailand is entering its eighth five-year national economic and social development plan. We are particularly proud of this plan, since, for the first time, the main focus is on human development: it is a human-centred national development