all parties involved -the developing and some other countries with serious debt-servicing problems on the one hand and the developed ones on the other, as well as debtors and creditors. The solution of internatonal trade and external debt could be constructively linked to environmental protection, which is another qreat challenqe we have to meet with common efforts to ensure ecologically sustained develoPment. Also, in this case we ought to thi ric in terms of a global economic ra tionali tv sensu largo, as well as on a regional scale, in order to rurtail the progressive and often irreversible degradation of the natural environment. Part of the debt relief should be used for environmental projects, while the expansion of trade could augment the transfer of technology. The problem of facilitated access to advanced technologies related to those fields in which global threats exist should be resolved and financial support should be given, where necessary, for the inhabitants of the "only one Earth". International solidarity is urqentlv called for in this respect. Helping others is very often the best way of preserving one's own environment, as it is as a rule several times more cost effective to eliminate or reduce pollution at the source. Environmentally sustained develoPment should, as we see it, be approached as a joint effort from which everybody will benefit in the shorter or lonqer term. It RH/6 A/S-18/PV. 7 24 (Mr. Makarczyk, Poland) is also a joint responsibility in the interdependent world of the century now drawing to a close. Profound changes in technological development and human aspirations and skills, and the activity of transnational entities, as well as other issues emerqinq in the modern world, have not only brouqht about a hiqh deqree of interdependence but have also altered the international division of labour. They 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the interconnection between international trade, external debt, and environmental protection. It emphasizes the need for a global approach to ensure ecologically sustained development and proposes using debt relief for environmental projects. The text also touches on the transfer of technology and the importance of international solidarity. These themes suggest that the text is primarily focused on the relationship between economic development and environmental protection.

**Category**
Economic development, Natural resources and environment