UN General Assembly
1993

National and international security are threatened primarily by differences between the levels of development of countries. Effective action must be taken against poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy. These scourges are worsening where there are concentrations of refugees or displaced persons. Cooperation must not be delayed. For this reason, Guatemala hopes that the initiative of reactivating the North- South dialogue to strengthen international economic cooperation for development and to revitalize global economic growth, as formulated by the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77, will be agreed to and will lead to the creation of a better world. The developing countries must refine the machinery for political and economic coordination to enable us to get this dialogue going seriously and constructively. It is therefore essential that international economic cooperation be strengthened to revitalize global economic growth and to ensure that the technological revolution that is under way will be one more factor in the promotion of a just and equitable world order. We must not overlook the fact that the problems of