the Special Committee on agenda item 105, contained in chapter VII, paragraph 15, of its report A/39/23 (Part IV)I and to the amendments to that draft resolution proposed by the United States in document A/C.4/39/L.8 and by Cameroon on behalf of the African Group of States in document A/C.4/39/L.l0. 20. Mr. FELDMAN (United States of America), introducing his delegation's amendments (A/C.4/39/L.8) to the draft resolution, recalled that some two weeks earlier the Committee hadt in connection with a different agenda item but under almost identical circumstances, adopted a decision to eliminate references to specific countries in a draft resolution. The decision, in his view, had been a wise one, and for a broader reason than that it had directly involved the United States. In both cases, the passages which his delegation sought to delete were not motivated by genuine concern for the people of Namibia and South Africa but by a desire on the part of a few delegations to advance political ends of their own. In the case of the seventh prearnbular paragraph, the passage in question, as well as being an instance of the obnoxious practice of selective name-calling, was also completely wrong. Between 1980 and 1983, United States exports to South Africa had decreased ~ 13 per cent and its imports from that country, by 27 per cent. During the same period, South Africa's exports to almost every reqion of the world had risen; in particular, as the representative of Sinqapore had pointed out in an earlier debate, World Bank fiqures showed that the total trade of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe with South Africa had increased and was continuinq to do so year I ... A/C.4/39/SR.l8 English Paqe 7 (Mr. Feldman, United States) ~ year. As for concerted action in support of the people of Namibia, the United 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a draft resolution related to Namibia and South Africa, with a focus on trade and economic relations between the United States and these countries. The speaker is arguing against references to specific countries in the draft resolution, citing decreases in US exports to South Africa and increases in trade between South Africa and other regions.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development