peace and security and may enjoy a quality of life worthy of the human species. BHS/td A/S-18/PV. 6 91 Mr. PITARKA (Albania): On behalf of the Government and the people of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, I wish to extend our warmest welcome and conqratulations to the Government, the people and the deleqation of the Republic of Namibia on the happy occasion of its accession to membership of the United Nations. The admission of the new State of Namibia to the United Nations represents the culmination of the lonq and heroic struqqle of the Namibian people aqainst colonial oppression and discrimination. I should also like, on behalf of the deleqation of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, to salute the initiative of the developinq countries to convene the General Assembly in this sPecial session, which is devoted to so imPOrtant an issue for the world community, namely, international economic co-operation and, in particular, the revitalization of economic qrowth and develoPnent of the developinq countries. Furthermore, I should like to extend hiqh praise to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, for enliqhteninq us on this vital issue by presentinq an extensive report on the qlobal economic situation in the 1980s, whidl also includes information and a perspective on the problems to be tackled in the 1990s for the promotion and strenqtheninq of international economic co-operation. The 1980s were years of further intensification of the processes related to the extensive and intensive spread of the international division of labour, with the ever-qrowinq impact of the technical-scientific revolution, communications, computerization and standardization which, considered in their ent;.irety, stand for lonq-term and profound processes on a world scale. This tendency brouqht to the fore the need to increase economic relations and co-operation alonq efficient and contemtnrary lines on bilateral and multilateral 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania to the United Nations. The speaker congratulates Namibia on its accession to the UN and praises the Secretary-General's report on international economic cooperation. The text discusses the global economic situation, the need for international cooperation, and the challenges facing developing countries. These themes suggest that the text is primarily focused on economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade