out by the facts. South Africa's goal in southern Africa was very clear: it was to destabilize neighbour­ ing countries and anyone who assisted South Africa in that, for example, by giving assistance to UNIT A (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola), in Angola, was collaborating with the racists. 60. The States of southern Africa had so far lost more than $10 billion due to the sabotage and destabilizing operations of South Africa; the amount of assistance which Zimbabwe or the States in the region might receive did not make up for those $10 billion. 61. Miss BYRNE (United States of America), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that it was not Zimbabwe's sovereignty or its assessment of South Africa's actions that was at stake but the statement that the United States and South Africa were birds of the same feather, the equating of President Reagan with President Botha and the use of the expression "racist Reagan Administration" in reference to the United States Government. Al­ though those words did not appear in the printed text of the statement circulated by the delegation of Zimbabwe at the 8th meeting, they had been said at that meeting by the representative of Zimbabwe. 62. Mr. CHIKET A (Zimbabwe), speaking in exer­ cise of the right of reply, said that the allegation that he had mentioned Mr. Reagan or Mr. Botha in his statement the preceding day was unfounded and he challenged the representative of the United States to prove otherwise. Her informants must provide proof of what they were saying. 63. Referring again to economic assistance to Zim­ babwe he said that his country could not refrain from criticizing something which it felt was wrong simply because it was receiving economic assistance. Zim­ babwe had fought for its freedom and also for the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing political and economic issues related to international relations, specifically the actions of South Africa and the responses of neighboring countries, including Zimbabwe. The context suggests that economic development and international relations are closely intertwined, as the text mentions economic assistance, sabotage, and destabilizing operations.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief