trade have shrunk and their stock of debt has substantially swelled. The international communi tv, in particular the donor countries and multilateral financial institutions, should take the lead and demonstrate real JB/24 A/S-18/PV.B 113 (Mr. Didi; Uganda) political commitment by providing the tangible support necessary to revitalizing the economic growth and sustained development of the developing countries. Those countries and institutions should undertake real structural policy reforms and adjust their trade, domestic, fiscal and structural imbalances with a view to providing developing countries with a global economic environment conducive to socio-economic growth and sustained development. The support to be extended to developing countries should not be linked to any form of conditionality or c:ross-condi tionality and should be in full conformi tv with the developnent needs, obiectives and priorities of reciPient countries. There is an urgent need to comPlement the efforts of the develoPing countries, particularly the least developed countries, with increased, substantial real net resource flows to those countries at preferential and concessional terms. That will avail them of the required investment capital to develoP and nodernize their productive capacity and to meet. their pressing social needs. In that regard, the donor community and multilateral financial institutions should substantially reduce the stock and the service of the external debts of developing countries without any ccmditionalities through, inter alia, cancellation, reconversion to grants, rescheduling, and so on. Appropriate measures should be encouraged to increase substantially the export earnings of develoPing countries bv consolidating and broadening their sPecial and preferential treatment, facilitating unrestricted access to international markets, eliminating any form of protectionism and offering remunerative and predictable commodity prices. The issue of commoditv prices is particularly pertinent to the survival of commodity exporting developing countries. Unstable and unpredictable commodity prices have had devastating effects on our economies. In the case of Uganda, for 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the economic growth and development of developing countries, specifically mentioning the need for international support, debt relief, and structural policy reforms. It also touches on the importance of stable commodity prices and the need for developing countries to have unrestricted access to international markets. This suggests that the text is focused on economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade