application bymanydeveloped countries ofthecriterion ofzerogrowthintheir contributions tothoseagencies. ThathasforcedtheFoodandAgriculture Organization oftheunitedNations (FAD),forexample, drastically toreducethe WorldFoodProgramme (WFP),attheverytimewhentheentireworldiswitness to oneofthemostdreadful famines everexperienced. Weshouldperhaps followthe example ofthoseyoungsingers whohaveplacedthemselves attheserviceofthis causeandforwhomcompassion hasnocolourorpolitical slogans. International tradeistheoutstanding meansofco-operation through which wealthandresources couldbemoreefficiently distributed. Multilateral action co-ordinated through agencies suchastheUnitedNations Conferencs onTradeand Development (UNCTAD) andtheUnitedNationsIndustrial Development Organization (ONIDa), andmechanisms suchastheGeneralized SystemofPreferences, should provide uswiththeinternational economic environment neededforeconomic development. Itisessential tohaltthealarming deterioration inthetermsoftradeof developing countries -mainlytheresultofthefallinrealpricesoftheir commodities, manyofwhichhavefallentolevelsneverbeforeseeninthiscentury.BG/l9 A/40/PV.4 83 (Mr.Ramirez OCampo, Colombia) Wemustdoawaywith.theprotectionism thatisspreading toallcornersofthe world,foundespecially intheindustrialized countries whichhavenowemba~ked on theharshest oftradewars-aswasrecognized onlyyesterday bytheMinisters of Finance ofthefivemostdeveloped countries -wi';:hout considering theconsequences fortheworldeconomy, andaboveallforthirdworldcountries. TheUnitedNations cannotplayasecondary rolenoractafterthefactin conflicts arising asaresultofalackofsolutions forunderdevelopedment and poverty. TheUnitedNations cannotignorethesurreptitious movestonullify measures toenableustocomeclosertoanewinternational economic order,asfor example inthecaseofthevarious Decades forDevelopment, theCharter ofEconomic RightsandDutiesofStates, orUNCTADresolutions. Thesamepowersgranted toitfortheveryeffective struggle against colonialism mustbeextended toregulate themachinery andpractices nowusedto manipulate thegreateconomic differences betweenStates. Thesamedecisive action mustbeundertaken inthecommercial andmonetary spheres, whichcannotberegarded asanareareservad fortheconsoliqation ofinequality andthepredominance of power. Wehopethatther,extroundofnegotiations oftheGeneral Agreement on Tariffs andTrade(GATT)willcontribute toovercoming thecrisisandtheinclusion ofconcepts thatwillbenefit developing countries. Anerroneous viewisoftennomorethanatruthstatedbeforeitstime.When discussing theTreatyofVersailles, LordKeynes, therepresentative oftheBritish Government, declared thatifGermany wastobesqueezed, itwasvitalthatit shouldnotberuined, andheproposed thatPresident Wilsonshouldlaunchavast financial progranune tosaveEurope. TheunitedStatesTreasury washorrified at theproposal. However, 30yearslater,asimilar scheme, theMarshall Plan,was accepted, makingusetoolal)ofaschemethat,ifadopted intime,couldhave prevented theSecondWorldWar.BG/19 A/40/PV •.4 84-85" (Nt.Ramirez OCampo, Colombia) " Authoritative voi~eshaverecentl¥ been hear~propos,ing something similar f.or LatinAmerica, wherethemostserious problemisnoCoubttheheavyburdenofits. ~ .. . foreign debt.Letushopethatthosevoicesareheededintime,andnotaftera cataclysm hasoccurred, asthePresident ofBrazilhassoeloquently warnedus mighthappen. Mr.HenryKissinger, referring to·theLatinAmerican debt,hasstatedthat "•••thedialogue withdebtorcountries shouldchange fromthecollection of interest tothetaskofeconomic development •••" andthat,otherwise, II...there wo~ldsoonerorlaterbeacollapse, notonlyoftheforeign debt structure butofthepolitical institutions ofLatinAmerica andco-operation inthewest~rn Hemisphere wouldbeseriouslyjeopardized". Thatthinking coincides withsomeoftheguidelines contained intheCartagena Consensus, ofwhichColombia, together with10otherdebtorcountries ofthe region, wasapromoter andfounder. Inthatdocument westatedthattheforeign debtisanobligation individually contracted byeachspecific country, andthusit shouldbetreated onacase-by-case basis. However, theproblem amounts tomore thanmereaccounting andbanking arrangements, because ofthesocialandpolitical effects ofthedebtservicing andthedrastic depressive resultsoftheadjustment processes.JVM/20•..",·'f~''... A/40/PV.{86":.,: (Mr.Ra.mirez OCampo, Colombia) Thatiswhyitisessential that;asproposed bythePresidents ofthe 11countries attherecentBonnsummit,' the'es'tablishment ofapolit'i~al'dialogue between debtorandcreditor countries inorder"toovercome thisproblem inareal andpermanent waybenolCXlgerdelayed.
**Analysis**
The text discusses the impact of developed countries' contributions to international organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on developing countries. It also touches on international trade, debt, and economic development, highlighting the need for a new international economic order. The text seems to focus on the economic and financial aspects of international relations, rather than other areas like health, education, or culture.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development