UN General Assembly
1987

But, in spite of all the formidable difficulties and costs, Africa has demonstrated and continues to demonstrate its unswerving commitment to the United Nations economic recovery Programme. To us Africans the implementation of that Programme has been simply a matter of survival and a challenge to recover and develop; and we are determined to survive and grow. Regrettably, one cannot but conclude that almost one and a half years after the adoption of the Programme, and despite some limited initiatives here and there, the international community's overall response has fallen far short of the requirements of the Programme. The international community has not lived up to its side of the recovery pact.