which not only disregard the sanctions themselves but act as the channels for the clandestine trade carried on by many of the highly industrializcd countries. The Security Council is, after all, committed under rcsolu tion 320(1972) to attacking this particular aspect of the problem, and the frame of reference given to the sanctions 2 Committee includes proposals for extending the scope of sanctions as well as for improving existing arrangements. 12. My delegation believes that the recommendations and proposals contained in section III of the report, on which there is a consensus, are valuable ones which would certainly go far towards improving existing arrangements, However, with the exception of the proposals for action by the sanctions Committee to assist Member States in implementing sanctions, the recommendations describe what one would expect to have been the normal procedures enforced during the past eight years by Governments with any real intention of complying with sanctions. There is a certain irony, for example, in the fact that after sanctions have been in effect for eight years it is still necessary to crnphasize, as in paragraph 16 of the report, that awareness on the part of Member States of the whole purpose of the United Nations sanctions policy is vital. 13. It is section IV of the report, on which no consensus has so far been reached, that contains proposah for extending the scope of sanctions and for a truly significant sharpening of the application of existing measures. The feasibility and scope of the African proposals contained in both sections III and IV of the report have been fully described by the representative of Guinea /ibicl.J and need no further elaboration. My delegation wishes, however, to single out a few proposals which appear in section IV of the report and which, in our view, particularly deserve wide 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the effectiveness of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, specifically focusing on the role of the sanctions committee and the need for improvement in implementing sanctions. The text also mentions the proposals for extending the scope of sanctions and for a sharpening of the application of existing measures. These proposals are related to international trade and economic development, as they aim to restrict the clandestine trade carried on by certain countries and to improve the enforcement of sanctions.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development