UNITED NATIONS Economie and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/ll 7 Auqust 1990 Oriqinal: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Forty-second session Aqenda item 7 THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER AND THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the International Leaque for the Riqhts and the Liberation of Peoples, a non-qovernmental orqanization in consultative status (category II). The Secretary-General has received the followinq communication which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1296 (XLIV). 1. The World Economic Survey, 1990, produced by the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (E/1990/55.ST/ESA/218), indicates that the economic qrowth of developing countries has been heavily reduced in 1989 and that, particularly in Latin America and the Carribean, the production per capita has decreased while in Africa the rate of economic growth was inferior to the demographic increase. The Survey forecasts that the results of 1990 will be similar to those of 1989. After giving the figure of 32 thousand million dollars for the net transfers of resources of the developing countries to the developed countries in 1989, it comes to the conclusion that the Brady Plan does not ensure a sufficient debt reduction to have a substantial impact on the transfer of financial resources to the exterior and would therefore not solve the debt problem. "Indeed", says the Survey, "the time may finally be approaching when the international community could pledge itself to end the developing country debt crisis, instead of just managing it". [8 July 1990] GE.90-17087/7223A E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/ll paqe 2 2. In order to deal with these items from the point of view of the peoples who suffer from this situation, representatives of seven peoples amonq the 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the economic situation of developing countries, specifically the reduction of their economic growth, decrease in production per capita, and the debt crisis. It also mentions the need for a solution to the debt problem and references the Brady Plan. The text seems to focus on the economic aspects of the issue, rather than other areas such as health, education, or culture.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade