international economic co-operation and especially to the revitalization of economic qrowth and development in the developinq countries. The work, and particularly the conclusionsu of the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly and the last two special sessions, devoted respectively to apartheid and to the druq problem, confirm our belief that under his Presidency the special session too will have a successful outcome. I cannot beqin my statement without expressinq the joy, pleasure and pride the Government and people of Rwanda felt on 21 March of this year, Namibian Independence Day. On behalf of the Government and people of Rwanda, joined in the National Revolutionarv Movement for Development, I should like here to conQratulate the RepUblic of Namibia on its recent accession to independence, qained after such bitter-strutlqle, and to conqratulate it too on its unanimous admission as the one hundred sixtieth State Member of the United Nations. Let me take this opportunity to offer my warm conqratulations to the first President of independent Namibia, His Excellency Mr. Sam Nujoma, and to the valiant Namibian people on their heroic struqqle to qain the independence and freedom usurped and kePt from them for so lonq by South Afdca. I should also like to express sincere thanks to all who worked unrelentinqly, whether in close involvement or from a distance, to achieve this important and historic event, the independence of Namibia. Nor can I fail to express the joy felt by the Government and people of Rwanda on 11 February of this year, the day when Nelson Mandela, his head held hiqh, walked out of Paarl Prison in South Africa. On that day the whole of Africa and RM/18 A/S-18/PV. 6 82 (Mr. Bizimunqu, Rwanda) the entire world were virtually delirious with joy at the historic liberation of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement by a government representative, likely the President of Rwanda, congratulating the newly independent nation of Namibia and expressing joy and pride at the historic event. The text does not specifically mention economic development, natural resources, or industry, but it does mention international cooperation and the revitalization of economic growth and development in developing countries. This suggests that the category may be related to international relations or diplomacy.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief