socio-economic constraints and to relaunchinq economic activity is beinq undertaken by my country and a larqe number of other African countries which sincerely hope that the international financial and monetary orqanizations, such as the BCT/ga A/S-18/PV. 8 124 C~r. Mongbe, Benin) Internatiooal Monetarv Fund CIMF) and the World Bank, will go beyond their present requirements for adjustment to ensure financial and budgetary balance and will adopt new measures to replace those programmes with cnes Providinq for true recovery, accompanied by economic revitalization and lasting development. In that regatd, the African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation comprises a corpus of ideas and guidelines based on a logical analysis of Africa's critical situation that deserves the international community •s attention, as the General Assembly stressed when it had concluded its consideration of this question at the end of last year. Faced with the oontinuing deterioration of the economies of the developing countries, in particular the least developed ones, it would be highly desirable for us during this importance sPecial session to undertake a reassessment of international co-operation that takes into account the deep changes under way, with a view to defining new directions that could lead to lasting solutions that would pronote the economic revitalization and development of those countries. To that end, it appears tx> me indispensable for the international community, in the final act that will crown the work of the Present special session, tx> commit itself firmly to PUtting an end to the phenomenon of reqression and deterioration :in the economies of the developing countries, which have 75 per cent of the world • s population, and to fostering the economic revitalization of those countries by contributing to the building of new bases for real, sustainable and self-maintained 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the socio-economic constraints faced by African countries, the need for international cooperation to address these constraints, and the importance of finding lasting solutions for economic revitalization and development. The language used is technical and focused on economic policy, suggesting that the text is primarily concerned with economic development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade