conducted with the participation of all Ecuador ian citizens, and it took an active part in the World Conference on education for all, recently held in Thailand, where President Rodrigo Borja had the honour to speak on behalf of Latin America. The qoal of the current special session is to arouse and reflect the common awareness that development, as en indivisible value, is a subject in which all are interested and to which all are committed, and to state the steps that must be taken to bring about global agreement on the issue, as well as to use and strengthen the capacity for action of the United Nations in economic matters. Mr. "roKOUMA (Burkina Faso) (interpretation from French): On behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its 16 merrber States, I wish to say again how pleased we are to see the President guiding the work of the eighteenth special session of the General Asserrbly, devoted to international economic co-operation, and in particular the revitalization of the economic qrowth and developnent of the develoPing countries. His great qualities which enabled him to brinq to a successful conclusion the work of the first part of the forty-fourth session and of the sixteenth and seventeenth special sessions guarantee the success of the current session. I should also like to express our joy at the release on 11 February of Nelson Mandela after 27 years of unjust incarceration in South African prisons. Mandela's release, the unbanninq of the African National Congress and the Pan-African Congress of Azania and the end of the prohibition on denncratic and .. trade union organizations are imPC>rtant milestones in the struggle· for the dawn of JP/dl A/S-18/PV.6 144-145 (Mr ~ · Vokouma; ·Burkina· Faso) a de1t0cratic, multi-racial society in South Africa. However, those measures should 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by representatives of various countries and organizations, discussing international economic cooperation, development, and cooperation. The mention of the World Conference on education for all, the Economic Community of West African States, and the release of Nelson Mandela also suggest a focus on global issues and international relations.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade, Education