UN General Assembly
1986

Bangladesh is of the view that the creation of zones of peace and nuclear-weapon-free zones in various parts of the world will contribute to global and regional security and stability. As a littoral State, therefore, we attach great importance to the creation of a zone of peace in the Indian Ocean region. We support the early convening of the United Nations Conference on the Indian Ocean in Colombo and, to this end, we participate actively in the deliberations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean. On the economic front, global developments over the past year have been serious enough to give rise to widespread concern, both with regard to its management and future. The growth in world output fell by one third last year as