believed that increased pressure must be brought on South Africa to implement without further delay the United Nations plan for the independence of Namibia. 51. Turkey would also vote in favour of the draft decision on military activities, even though it believed that paragraphs 2, 3 and 11 could have been drafted in a more balanced way. Also, it had reservations concerning the references to Western / ... A/C.4/40/SR.l0 English Page 11 (Mr. Akyol, Turkey) countries. In principl .e, Turkey did not approve of the express mention in United Nations resolutions and decisions ot certain countries or groups of countries when responsibility could not be imputed with any certainty. 52. Mr. CAVAGLIERI (Italy) deplored the trend in the Committee since 1982 to resort to a vote on controversially formulated resolutions and decisions under agenda item 110. Italy was fully committed to the cause of decolonization and convinced of the need to monitor foreign economic activities in Non-Self-Governing Territories, but believed that foreign investment could and did play a useful role in the Territories, which needed substantial inputs of capital and technology for their economic and social development. The draft resolution under consideration assumed that foreign economic interests as such, irrespective of their activities and goals, were detrimental to decolonization. Unable to agree with such a sweeping condemnation, Italy had in the past abstained on similar resolutions. The wording of the draft resolution now before the Committee, however, was more extreme than in the past and, particularly in paragraph 18, unfriendly to some Member States. His delegation therefore felt compelled to vote against the draft resolution. 53. Mr. BASTELICA (France) said that his delegation might have abstained on the· draft resolution before the Committee on the grounds of its unacceptable condemnation in principle of the activities of foreign enterprises in the dependent 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a draft resolution related to decolonization and the economic development of Namibia, specifically the role of foreign economic interests in the country's development. The speakers express concerns about the draft's language and implications, but do not directly address environmental, agricultural, or humanitarian issues.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade