take account of the required stage of Prosperi tv for one and all. JB/17 A/S-18/PV.7 76 Mr. RANA (Nepal): I should like to request you, Sir, kindly to convey our warm congratulation; to Ambassador Garba of Nigeria on his unaninimous election as President of the eighteenth special session of the General Assenblv. Mv delegation joins other speakers in warmly welcoming Namibia a;; the 160th Menber of the family of nations. This historic occasion provides us with c:n opportunity to pay a tribute to the courage, dedication and sacrifice of the Namibian people in its long struggle, under the leadership of the South west Africa People's Organization, to take charge of its own destiny and to assutM its rightful Place in the communi tv of nations. The Minister of Planning and DeveloPment of Bolivia has already presented the position of the Group of 77 on the i tern under discuss ion at the special session. Similarly, the Federal Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia has also already spoken on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. Mv delegation fully subscribes to the views expressed by them. I therefore wish only to expand on some of the paints they raised. The eighteenth special session of the General Assenbly coincides with a positive phase on a number of fronts. There is today a welcotM upSurge of pluralism and openness in international relations. There is greater awareness of and respect for human rights. Simultaneously, there has been a steady imProvement in the relations among the major Powers. In one of his earlier reports on the work of the Organization, the Secretary-General emphasized the need for a requisite relationship between the most POwerful States as indispensable to the creation of conditions in which the noble concepts of the Charter could be made to function for 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of a country (Nepal) at the United Nations General Assembly. The speech congratulates the election of a new President and welcomes Namibia as a new member of the UN. The speaker also references the work of the Group of 77 and the Non-Aligned Movement, and discusses the current state of international relations. The speech does not specifically address economic development, natural resources, or other technical topics, but rather focuses on international relations, diplomacy, and the role of the UN.

**Category**
International relations