the 1992 conference and in realizing the full implementation of General Assembly resolution 44/228. Our meeting here for the special session should also be an occasion to enhance the role of the United Nations system. This special session ouqht to provide us with an opPortunity to oonsider how the United Nations system could adjust and adapt itself to the evolvinq needs and realities of developinq countries, particularly the strenqtheninq of multilateral economic co-operation. This special session cannot afford to fail. We must ensure that the special session marks a turninq-point in international economic relations. It should provide useful guidance to other important meetinqs in the United Nations system and outside, namely, the conference on the least developed countries, to be held in September 1990, the Uruquav Round, to be completed later this year, the preparation of the new international cevelopment strategy, the Eighth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the 1992 conference on JSM/jl A/S-18/PV. 4 18 (Mr. Onar, Malaysia) environment and development. I am confident that we can all work towards ensuring that this special session will effectively contribute towards enhancing international economic co-operation, in particular the revitalization of economic g rCMth and development in d:!veloping countries. Mr; ·PlUNK (Netherlands): Let ne first of all, on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, including the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, express our joy at the admission of Namibia as the one hundred sixtieth Member of our Organization. We wish the young Republic the prosperity and happiness it deserves after its long struggle for independence. I should like now to make some remarks on the issues of this special session, meant to complement and expand upon the statement delivered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland on behalf of the European Community and its member 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the implementation of General Assembly resolution 44/228, the role of the United Nations system, and the strengthening of multilateral economic cooperation. It also mentions the revitalization of economic growth and development in developing countries, the conference on the least developed countries, and the Uruquav Round. These points suggest that the text is focused on economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade