of injustices and exploitative relationships, as well as on the creation of an international environment favourable to growth and development. The chairmen of the Group of 77 and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, speaking in this hall, have eloquently argued the case for development and have shown that this special session is the proper place to master the crisis caused by indebtedness and by policies based on short-term adjustment and to master their harmful effect on emerging democracies and the deterioration of human and social rights in the world. The special session is also the arena in which to stress that the inconsistencies in international trade and in the financial and monetary system have a direct corr:elation with the destruction of the environment and the exhausting of natural resources, with the spread of drugs and food shortages, as well as with the endemic spread of absolute poverty. In that connection, there is reason to fear that the easing of the situation on the ideological front might have the corollary effect of diverting our attention from the identitary and racist discourse whose primary victims are the migrant workers in supposedly democratic countries. It is to be hoped that the failure of the collectivist experiment will not be accompanied by a retreat from the ideal of global social justice merely for the sake of productivist norms. Lastly, this special session gives us an opportunity to make the most tangible expressions of solidarity to the disadvantaged in Africa, Central America and elsewhere, who are doomed, experts tell us, to exclusion and who are beinq sacrificed on the altar of the most apocalyptic scenarios. RM/14 A/S-18/PV. 4 64-65 (Mr. Benjelloun, Morocco) The experience of recent years leads us to question what have been called 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing global issues related to economic development, international trade, and the impact of these on various aspects of society, including human and social rights, environment, and poverty. It also touches on the importance of solidarity and addressing the needs of disadvantaged groups.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief