UN General Assembly
1972

100. Another example of a successful joint endeavor was the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held at Stockholm in June, which has contributed considerably to making man more aware of the serious threat that exists to his total environment on earth. The Conference has provided us with valuable recommendations as to how man can begin to correct the destruction which he himself has wrought upon the ecology of the earth. My delegation would like to stress that, in the formulation of international action concerning environmental problems, the needs of the developing countries should be given adequate consideration. 101. Turning now to the national economy, I am happy to state that there is manifestly an expansion of economic activities in Indonesia-not only in the agricultural sector, which still has priority in our development policy, but also in the industrial sector, especially in the extractive industries.