about the repercussions on our countries or about the need to adaPt and inteqrate the means for resolving the crisis, which was noved from the North to the South, with the catastroPhic consequences that we all know. JSM/jl A/S-18/PV. 8 61 CMr. Rabetafika, Madaqascar) Secondly, for more than 20 years there have been discuss ions on the interdependency of problems and sectoral comPartmentalization has continued to be advocated, thus limitinq the scope of neqotiations, the POssibility of concessions and the adoption of comPlementary measures. The result has been that vital sectors of our countries have been neqlected and the North-South dialoque has lost all substance. Thirdly, the notion of collective responsibility is now beinq aPPlied to the economic area, and it is said that we should envisaqe a multipolar develoPment of the world's economy, while leavinq room for our countries. But structural orqanization is controlled by a small nunber of countries, which qrouPed toqether or not, have their own imperatives and are able to join forces to perpetuate the present sys tern and monopolize the dec is ion-mak inq process, without tak inq into account the principles of partnership and sharinq underlyinq international co-oPeration. In theory, everythinq is perfect, everythinq is in keePinq with the Charter and everythinq stems from qood will. In practice, however, one finds ambiquities, contradictions, and immsitions, to such an extent that we wonder whether we can reverse the trend and take up the challenqe of the 1990s. Thus we continue to manaqe the crisis, to work alonq the hard road of reconstruction and to face the sane Problems from one decade to the next, and words such as instability, uncertainty, disorder, disorqanization, imbalance, inequality and decline are by now, unfortunately, familiar. Despite this apparent chaos which hinders all efforts at reorqanization at all 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the repercussions of a crisis on countries, the need for adaptation and integration, and the limitations of negotiations and collective responsibility. It highlights the problems of sectoral compartmentalization, structural organization, and the dominance of a few powerful countries. The text also mentions the need for reorganization and reversal of the trend. These themes suggest that the text is related to global economic issues and development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade