Mr. MALMIERCA PEOLI (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): I wish to express my delegation's satisfaction at seeinq Ambassador Joseph Garba presiding over this important special session of the General Assembly. We are convinced that his well-known diplomatic skills and his experience as President of the forty-fourth session of the Assembly ensure the sound conduct of our deliberations. All of us in the General Assembly, and everywhere else, shared in the historic moment when the people of Namibia, havinq achieved victory in its lonq struqqle for independence, took its seat as a new Member of the United Nations. Cuba, whose sons and dauqhters shed their blood in the struqgle aqainst those who were OPPressing the Namibian people, has particular cause to rejoice at this victory. We must nOli continue to extend our solidarity to independent Namibia so that it may exercise its sovereignty over all its territory, including Walvis Bay and the Penquin Islands. We have come together here to deal with the issues of development and economic growth, as well as out of a desire to channel the efforts of the United Nations towards international economic co-operation in the framework of POlitical will, solidarity and justice. In this undertaking, in which constructive dialogue is necessarily the rule of the qame, we have before us the twofold perspective of the Problems faced by the third-world countries in their struqqle for development: on the one hand, the necessary effort that each country must exert in order to make the best POssible use of its national pOtential, by strenqtheninq an economic productive structure that, throuqh the involvement of all the PeOPle, is designed to guarantee development, well-beinq and equity~ and, on the other hand, the existence of a system of international economic relations that, in its present structure, hampers such efforts and condemns the underdeveloped countries to a 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the theme of economic development, specifically in the context of international cooperation and solidarity. The speaker highlights the importance of channeling efforts towards economic growth and development, with a focus on the struggles faced by third-world countries. The mention of Namibia's independence and the call for solidarity to exercise sovereignty over its territory also suggests a broader theme of international relations and cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade