and world trade and which own or control most financial and technological resources, must, as far as possible -and certainly their potential is not boundless, thouqh it remains quite significant -provide the additional external resources that are needed by the developing countries. I have said "additional resources" since the developing countries are fully aware of the fact that their development, if it is to be lasting, must be first and foremost based on their own human and material resources. However, certain prerequisites must be met, of which two seem to me to be essential. First, there is the reconsideration of the spirit and letter of structual adjustment policies as applied today. Indeed, there is an imperative need to forge new policies of adjustment with "a human face", taking into account the social and political constraints of the countries concerned and aimed at qrowth and raising the living standard of their populations. My delegation believes that the African framework of reference for structural adjustment programmes for socio-economic ~enewal and transformation (CARPAS) contains useful suqqestions in this regard which our Assembly could usefully consider. This means, inter alia, engaging in a better distribution of the gains of economic restructuring between the creditor countries of the North and the debtor countries of the South, to allow the latter to allot part of their domestic savings to financing their development. BHS/dl A/S-18/PV. 2 118 (Mr. Sy. Senegal) The second prerequisite involves resolving• in a global framework, the interlinked problems of debt, currency and finance, as well as international trade. My country fully appreciates the unilateral measures that have been taken to alleviate debt, as well as certain initiatives within the framework of the Paris and London Clubs, the Toronto Summit and the Baker and Brady Plans. However, the 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the need for developed countries to provide additional external resources to developing countries to support their development. It also emphasizes the importance of reconsidering structural adjustment policies and resolving global issues related to debt, currency, finance, and international trade. These themes suggest that the text is primarily concerned with economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade