is the rule, we can perhaps forget for a while the slogans and propaganda of all sides and think only of our common good. JSM/jl A/S-18/PV. 8 64-65 Mr. GURINOVICH (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) (interpretation from Russian): We should like to extend our congratulations to Mr. Garba on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at this eighteenth special session. We wish him and the entire Assembly success in achieving practical results in the sphere of international economic development and co-operation. The delegation of the Bye1oruss ian SSR welcomes the admission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations and intends to oo-operate in a fruitful manner with the representatives of the independent Namibian people in all areas of in te rqover omen tal relations. That I should be speakinq in the final stages of the qeneral <Ebate facilitates my task; yet, at the same time, it makes it more difficult. Previous statements -and there have been some 110 of them -have demonstrated an overall and coinciding concern for the state of the world economy and international economic co-operation. They corntained alarming information, especially about the status of developing countries. On the other hand, they reflected diversity, and " even a spirit of contradiction, among proposed approaches in order to improve the economic situation of some countries and reg ions and to establish just and equitable international co-operation for the economic and social progress of all peoples. BHS/td A/S-18/PV. 8 66 (Mr. Gurinovich, Bvelorussian SSR) In the view of the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR, the current special session of the United Nations General Assembly is called uPOn not only to make the right diagnosis, but also- on the basis of the new political thinking, common human values and priorities, balance of mutual legitimate interests, realities and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech given by a representative of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Belarus) at the United Nations General Assembly's 18th special session. The speaker congratulates the newly elected President of the General Assembly and welcomes the admission of Namibia to the UN. The main focus of the speech is on international economic development and cooperation, with the speaker highlighting the need for a balanced approach to address the economic challenges faced by developing countries.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade