UNITED t{ATt0Ns Distr. GENERAL A/ 40 / 446/Add. r t8 SePternber 1985 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/RUSSIAN SPANISH Fortieth session Item 131 of the provisional aqenda* PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMET{I OF THE PRINCIPLES AND NORIUS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW RELATING TO TI{E NEW IMERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER Report of the Secretary-General Addendum CO}VTENTS II. VIEWS AND COMT"IENTS SUBTV1ITTED BY GOVERNMENTS Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic German Democratic RePublic .. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic .. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Venezuel-a * A/40/Ls0. 85-25338 L723u (E)Page 2 a I 9 11 A/ 40 / 446 /Add. I Eng I ish Page 2 II. VIEWS AND COI4MENTS SUBMITTED BY STATES BYEIORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC IOr ig inal: Russian] [22 August 1985] 1. The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic consistently supports, in theUnited Nabions and its various bodies, the establishment of an inEernational economic order that is built on a democrati.c and just. basis and wiLl help toconsolidate good-neighbourly relaEions and confidence among peoples and the developnent of equitable and mutually advantageous co-operation between them. 2. The strengthening of equit,able economic relations between States, theelimination of all forms of discrimination and diktat. the rest.ructuring of thoserelations on a just democratic basis, and the renunciation of all forms ofexploitation and of the use of commercial and economic ties to exert politicalpressure are the issues t.hat must form the basis of t.he new international economicorder and must become tlre subject of broad discussion in the relevant international forums. 3. The Byelorussian SSR unfailingly supports efforts to guarantee the economi.csecurity of States and peoples and advocates the elimination of all forms ofcolonial and neo-colonial exploitation, the solution of the developing countrieslproblems of indebtedness, and the observance by all States of the Charter of
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the establishment of a new international economic order, promoting equitable economic relations between states, and eliminating forms of exploitation and discrimination. It also touches on the idea of economic security and the elimination of colonial and neo-colonial exploitation. These themes suggest that the text is primarily concerned with economic issues.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade