UN General Assembly
1982

self-reliance, we have to admit that the present stage in the prevail¬ing international economic situation necessitates increasing support from the international community for our development efforts, particularly through increasing official development assistance, bilaterally and multilateral, and technical co-operation through UNDP and other United Nations agencies. 77. True to its racial, cultural and historical identity, the Sudan, which belongs to the Arab African region, has worked actively for Afro-Arab solidarity and the strengthening of the machinery and economic and political institutions that serve that end. In Africa the Sudan consistently calls for adherence to the policy of good-neighborliness, the non-use of force and the peaceful settlement of disputes through political solutions, because these are the lasting solutions. We do this in the conviction that such a policy will bring Africa peace, stability and progress. Only in that way can Africa channel all its abilities towards develop¬ment and construction, rather than waste them in disputes and conflicts. Africa is in great need of the tractor and other means of construction rather than the cannon and other means of destruction.