them without trying to work out solutions for specific problems. This in any case will have to be done in the various competent forums and continuously improved and refined. The declaration should serve mainly to give political impetus and guidance to all the more specific efforts undertaken in the competent forums. There is indeed no shortage of occasions to put the general principles and guidelines into more concrete shape and form. We have the Paris Conference on the Least Developed Countries, coming up in September; the finalization of the new International Development Strategy at the General Assembly this autumn; the completion of the Uruguay Round before the end of the year; UNCTAD VIII next summer; and the 1992 J~/15 A/S-18/PV. 3 68 (Mr. Vraalsen, Norway) Conference on Environment and Development -to name but some of the .. .Jst imminent and most important. Having spoken on the format of the declaration, I shall offer some views on what should be its content. My delegation continues to believe that the declaration should be structured around three broad areas or pillars. The first pillar should be the economy, where we have to recognize, on the one hand, how the rapid internationalization of our economies has made us more and more dependent on each other and how we therefore have an important stake in each other's successes and are hurt by each other's failures; and, ~n the other hand, how the issues relating, for instance, to resource flows and indebtedness are interlinked intimately with other issues, notably trade and market access. The fact is that decisive progress can be achieved only if the key issues are dealt with in an integrated manner and over a broad front. Priority tasks in the economic area should be: First, to achieve a global economic framework that is more conducive to a 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the content of a declaration related to international development, focusing on the economy and its interconnectedness with other issues. It mentions international trade, market access, resource flows, and indebtedness, indicating a strong connection to economic development. However, it also touches on the theme of environment and sustainable development, as it references the 1992 Conference on Environment and Development.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade