Countries and on the Environment and Development. Other meetings are also relevant, such as the Africa Conference, for which I have the honour of being the host at Maastricht, in the Netherlands, in July of this year. BCT/td A/S-18/PV. 4 26 (Mr. Pronk, Netherlands) However, the dialogue will not stop there. We must also prepare for the issues that go beyond these meetings -for example: access to markets beyond the Uruguay Round; debt reduction beyond the Brady Plan; Europe and the world beyond 1992. This special session must provide the common guidelines for all this. That is a tall order indeed. I am certain that under your able leadership, Mr. President, it will turn out to be possible. But, as I have said, we cannot expect to agree on more than the essential principles durinq the special session. That is why we need a decision on a follow-up. In my view such a follow-up should consist of two elements: first, startinq a process of defining the institutional consequences for the United Nations system, strengthening the system as well as reforming it; secondly, resuming the special session, say, three years from now in order to assess at the political level the first results of the new global dialogue starting this week, and to give further guidance. I have outlined an ambitious agenda for the future. The situation compels us to be ambitious. Nothing else will do. Mr. AL-SABAH (Kuwait) (interpretation from Arabic): The delegation of the State of Kuwait takes pleasure in seeing you, Sir, presiding over the work of the special session of the General Assembly devoted to international economic co-operation. This serves to renew the confidence members of the General Assembly have placed in you, and it attests to the success you have achieved in presiding 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on international economic cooperation and the future direction of global dialogue on economic issues. It mentions the Uruguay Round, debt reduction, and market access, which are all related to economic development and international trade. The text also touches on institutional reforms within the United Nations system, which could have implications for various sectors. However, the core theme is economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade