support for GeneraL Assembly resolutions 38/19? and 3g/2LO' regarding then as the basic documents in the rield of elimination of the negative conseguences of coercive fteasureg applied to the developing countrles' e. Scope of coercive economic measures 5. Most Governments in their repLies deplored the fact that some developed countri€sr takinq advantage of their predominant position in the. international economy ' wete resorting more and more frequently to the applicalion of coercive and restrictive measures of increasing scope as an Instrument for exerting political pi"""ura on the sovereign decisions of developinq countries' some Governments stressed that the practice of economic coercion was continuinq to increase and Eo form part of the foreign economic strategy of some developed counlries' 6. According to a recent publication' the use of economic neasures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing counlries has intensified in recent years' The publication indicated that between 1954 and 1983' there had been 20 cases where Latin Anerican and Caribbean countries were affected by various economic sanctions for foreign policy goals and that of these 20 cases at least 12 had occurred in the period from 1973 to L983' 2/ 7. The replies of Cuba' the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Nicaragua contained much information about the scope of economic coercive measures used against those aleveloping countrles. rn its reply the Government of cuba enumerated a! least 30 instanceE applieal against it wiihin the period 1960-1984' rn many of the replies Governments pointed to the full trade and economic blockade aqainst tlicaraqua announced in May 1985 as an example of the applicatlon of a coercrve pol icy . 8. Given the increase in the scope of coercive measures and the expansion of the range of instruments and means of econonic coercion, some Governments suqgesled
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the impact of coercive economic measures on developing countries, specifically the negative consequences of economic sanctions and trade blockades imposed by developed countries. The language used suggests that the text is focused on the economic and political aspects of this issue, rather than any other category.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development