counted until now. We sincerely hope that that undesirable outcome will not materialize in the forthcoming negotiations and deliberations on the Indicative Planning Fiqures in relation to the fifth Programming Cycle of the United Nations DeveloPment Programme. JSM/jl A/S-18/PV. 8 151 (Mr. BorQ 01 iv ier, Mal tal It is my deleqation's belief that the criteria for international development assistance should be reassessed and Particular cases like Malta's should be taken into account. In any case, we believe that the international community should encouraqe and Qive incentives to those develoPinQ countries that handle their domestic affairs with efficiency en the basis of sound national policies. All this emphasis on the need to adoPt the r iQh t domes tic pal icies would be noth inQ but rhetoric if those developinQ countries that do their best to imProve their own economic performance find t.hat, havinq made enormous efforts, they are suddenlY deprived of international support to sustain the proqress achieved. I should like at this paint to draw attention to the forthcominQ meetinQ of Qovernmental experts of island develoPinq countries and donor countries and orqanizations to be held at New York from 25 to 29 June 1990. This meetinq is beinq convened pursuant to General Assembly resolution 43/189 to review the problems of island developinq .countries and to propose approPriate roncrete action with. respect to those countries. We appeal to all concerned to ensure that the meetinq will have a successful outcome. Let me ronclude bY makinq reference to the Declaration annexed to resolution 44/19 adopted bv the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session in connection with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Paraqraoh 2 of the Declaration states: " ••• a basis and an urQent need exist for concerted national and multilateral 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) fifth Programming Cycle, specifically the Indicative Planning Figures, and the need for reassessment of criteria for international development assistance. It also mentions the importance of sustainable economic performance and the review of problems faced by island developing countries. These themes suggest that the text is primarily focused on economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade