teach••usnothing.n.r.ia,howev.r" olleimportant 1.slonofrecenthistorythat become.ev.rcl.ar,r. anov.r-growinq n\U'llberofcountrie. havealmostempirically concluded that,coDomlc pr09r••~and.ocia1advanc. arenec'.larily link.dwith pluralistic democracy andthemarket 'CODO~. Allinall"withthebankruptcy of centrally planned.conoal.. now.uChadramatically illustrat.d fact,themarket .conomy ba••doncc.petitioD andcc.pl.mentarity .tand.out.sthemostworkable economic ayst.m. Ifforthesakeof.ffici.ney theprinciple of.conomic competition ia accept.d, the.....uatholdtruewithr8gar4tointernal political life.Fr.edom to••tablichenterprise. andtradeuaiODSauatgohandiDhandwiththefr.edomto Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryIM/llAI..5/PV.t "3-"5I (lit.b.k...."lgiw) e.tablieh politicAl partie. ~t.il1pr••eattavoter.bluQpriat. for.ociet~iaa coateatofpolitical c~tltioD. laproDowaciag our.elv••iafavouroftheurketecoaomy..doaotmeoju.t ..~foraofit.fOrll.of.ar~.tecoaOllYthatdetedorate iatoecoaOlllc empire-buildiag, JIOaopolle...4oUgopoUe. c..beju.ta.iaefficieat ..d Malthu8ian aaState-rwa aa4bureaucratic ecoaollie.. Mbe.compared, State capitali••aadprivate moaopoly capitali..ehowc~anegative feature. with regardtothedegreeof.ocialvell-beiag the~g.aerate. ...dofavoura lIufficie.tly coapet1tive lIarketecoaollJ'. Gov81'Wleata .uat,ho_vel', pla~aD eaa.ntial roleiaaaf6gUardiDg fair pla~aDelgua~ant••iD9equalopportualtie. for busi.e.....a,aa..11a.iDel1ll1DIltiq abuae.ofpower. Aaefficient .arket!aa neceaaary, butnotaaufficient, conditioa for80cialprotection, aocialsecurity andaocialjustice. Wearetherefore .trongly infavonrofa.arketecoaomy withaaoclally corrected courae-iaahort,aSOCi81lIar'etecoDOJIy, asitha.beeacalledin Weatern couatriea siDcethepoat-war econOllic lIiracle workediDthefederal Republic ofGermany b~thethenMinister ofBCODOIIic Affaira, LuclwigBrhard. Standing beforethlaAaeembly aaarepre.entative ofacouatryoftheBorth,I wonderhowthelIajority ofyou,myfriendaodcolleagues, repreaentativea ofthe South gofgreatcultures ofAfrica, Asia,LatinAmerica andtheArabworld,vie. aDdevaluate thegrowin9 underatancliag bet.een thecountries oftheBorthaDdhow, perhapa,itmightinspire youwithameaaureoffear. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSMlPLJA/45/PV.' 46 (Mt.IrSklDSc Bllgium) Arenotw,thepeopleofthelIorth,intheproc.ss ofsolving ourproblems andsettling ouraffairsattheezpense ofoursolidarity withthedeveloping world ~dothercontinents? Arewonottooarrogant, forever temptedtoconsider our modelofsociety andourvaluesa8.zportproduct. auitabl. forall?Iraisethe question. Arewenotshamelessly self-righteous whenVIkeepODbringing uphuman rightsissueswhIn,intherelatively recentpast,Europeitselfhasillustrated themosthideous violations ofthoserights? AtatimewhenweoftheBortharticonstantly speahinq ofpeace,IamfUlly awareofyourunrest, yourfearsandyourfrustrations. Nevertheless, allowMeto stressthattodatethefactsdonotsupport yourfaars. Onthecontrary, certainly asfarastheEuropean Community asawholeisconcernsd, neverbefore havequalitative andquantitative levelsofourai4beenashighastheyaretoday, andIcanconfirm herethatnotasingle BOU(European currency unit)hasbeen transferred fromdevelopmont aidtoassistance tocountries inCentral andEastern Europe. Furthermore, youhavetobearinmindthattheecoDomic recovery ofthe Central andEastern European countries offersadditional markets andopportunities forco-operation toallcountries oftheworld. Atthesametime,Idrawyourattention tothefactthatasdisarmament inth3 northern hemisph6re progresses a"pea~edividend", tobetargeted primarily towards thepoorest countries, becomes available. Ihastentoaddthatitwouldbehighly desirable iftheexampleofthecountries ofthenorthern hemisphere, withtheir drastic disarmament andtheirreduction ofmilitary budgets, weretobefollowed by thecountries oftheso~thern hemisphere, whichstilldevoteanaverageof 20~~rcentoftheirpublicspeDdiDg toarma.Theytoowouldthenbeableto allocate morebudqetary resources forcivilian purposes. Ifnon-aggression Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJSMlPLJ Al4S/PV.9 47 (HreII"'D'. IIlgiug)4 treati.. arecODcluded between Dorth.rD countrie., whyDOtalsobetween southerD countries or,forexample, intheMlddleBast? ItisobviousthatIrag's agg~.s.ion against Kuwaitconstitutes athreatfor othercountrie. intheregiona.well. Belg~UII, together withtheothermembers of theiDterDatioDal community, andba.i~gitaelfontheresolutioD. adopted bythe Security Council, callsforaDimmediate Iraqiwithdrawal fromtheterritory of Kuwait, fortherestoration ofitesovereignty, andfortherelease ofallforeign hostages.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement on economic development, with a focus on the relationship between market economies, democracy, and international cooperation. The speaker discusses the benefits of market economies, the importance of competition, and the need for international cooperation to address global challenges. The text also touches on issues of disarmament and international relations, particularly in the context of the Gulf War.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade