devote more attention to enhancing international economic co-operation. It is aPpropriate and most timely that we should do so with renewed determination at the beginning of this new and exciting decade. In our opinion it is necessary that we review our past Performance and try to evaluate why we did not succeed so as to avoid makinq the same mistakes, and attempt a different approach to the oomplex problems that exist. Different attitudes and perceptions of developed and developing countries are perhaps part of the problem. The developed countries have the greater potential to be the more generous partner in the exercise of economic co-operation with the developing ones. That is not without self-benefit, because it is generallY accepted that a more developed world communi tv stands to benefit all of us. By and large, develoPed countries have evinced a willingness to assist in the develoPment of less affluent countries, but at times that assistance has strings attached to it which, in spite of good or understandable intentions, militate against the achievement of optimal and paramount results. Besides, it should be equallY understandable that recipients of assistance are jealous of their sovereignty and tend to resist interference in their affairs. On the other hand, we should acknowledge that donors have a legitimate interest in being satisfied that the resources they are making available to others will be put to the best possible use fbr the benefit of the PeOPle of the countries receiving their assistance. EMS/30 A/S-18/PV. 8 145 (Mr. Borq Olivier, Malta) Meetinq the needs of donors and recipients, as well as of several countries in different levels of develoPment, is bv no means an esv task. We have vet to find the optimal Path leadinq to the common manaqement of our qlobal economic resources. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of international economic cooperation, highlighting the need for developed countries to be more generous and for both donors and recipients to find a balance in their relations. It also touches on the complexity of the issue, citing differences in attitudes and perceptions between developed and developing countries. These themes suggest that the text is primarily concerned with economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade