Geoscience Commission and the Pacific Islands Development Programme. A further expression of this regional spirit has been the adoption of a number of conventions to protect and enhance the. environment. The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty and the recent convention banning drift-net fishing are examples. To achieve their full potential, these regional intiatives require supportive and complementary action from outside the region, which, we have been pleased to see, has on the whole been readily forthcoming . with regard to Fiji, my Government is currently embarking on new economic policies designed to ensure that the difficulties of the 1980s are not repeated in the 1990s. We recognize the need for a more outward-looking, trade-oriented approach to development. Measures of protection and subsidy that were earlier intended to promote import substitution are being dismantled, and a positive programme of export pronotion has been adopted and vigorously implemented. In these early stages we are to a considerable degree dependent on the preferences open to us in the developed countries, particularly those embodied in the South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement with Australia and New Zealand, those of the United States under the Generalized System of Preferences and those under the Lome Conventions between the European Community and the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries. We have already had some encouraging export successes, and we anticipate a significant upturn in investment in Fiji to RH/6 A/S-18/PV.9 19 (Mr. Thompson, Fiji ) take advantage of the range of preferences available to us and the expansionary policies adopted by the Government. We look forward to being able to continue these national programmes within a supportive international trading environment. The lead role which UNCTAD has taken in the recent past in focusing on the 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the economic development of Fiji, highlighting the country's efforts to adopt a more outward-looking and trade-oriented approach to development. It also mentions the country's reliance on international trade agreements and preferences to achieve its economic goals. While the text touches on environmental issues, such as the adoption of conventions to protect the environment, the focus is not on natural resources and environment as a whole. Therefore, it is likely that the text is more closely related to economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade