thirdworld. Thehightrading surpluses onourmarket, particularly thoseofthe African andLatinAmerican countries, bearwitness tothatfact.Sothatfree tracecanbesecured andconsolidated, weadvocate thatthenextroundof negotiations intheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade(GATT)becommenced as soonaspossible. Theacutedangertointernational freetradestemsparticularly fromthegreattradeimbalauces intheworld.Itwouldhowever beafateful mistake toseektoovercome thembymeansoftradebarriers. Itwouldmean misunderstanding therootsoftheproblem.RM/9 A/40/PV.IO 36 (Mr.Genscher, Federal Republic ofGermany) Aninterdependent worldeconomy doesnotpermit anyisolationist economic policies pursued withnoregardtotheireffects onothercountries. Thestronger theeconomy ofacountry, thegreateritsresponsibility. Thecalltoopenupmarkets tothethirdworldisalsoaddressed tothe socialist industrialized countries. Theystillcontinue totakelessthan 5percentofthefinished products exported bythethirdworld. Thatisinnoway compatible withtheir intern~tional economic position andtheresponsibility that theyalsobear. Thesecondgreattaskfacingusatthissession oftheGeneral Assembly is thatofaidforAfrica. Afterthelastsession oftheGeneral Assembly, the international community organized assistance tocombatthethreatofstarvation. TheFederal Government helpedwithfood,transport andmedicines. Innumerable peopleinmycountry gavegenerous donations. Assistance forAfricamustcontinue and,indeed, beincreased. Donors andrecipients areagreedthatexternal help alonecannotbringaboutthebreakthrough. Africa knowsthatitneedseconomic reforms andthatitmustmakeagriculture thefocalpointofitsdevelopment efforts. Goodproducer pricesareessential asanincentive tofarmers toincrease production, butthereforms inAfricacanbeimplemented onlyiftheyaresupported byadequate helpfromoutside. Actingonamandate fromtheBonnEconomic Summit, thesevenindustrialized Statesrepresented thereprepared proposals forthefight against hungerinAfricawhichwereapproved hereinNewYorkyesterday bythe sevenForeign Ministers. TheFederal Republic ofGermany regards development policyaspartofits policyinpursuit ofpeace. Wewantthedeveloping countries tobecome economically moreself-sufficient andindependent. wewanttostrengthen the economic foundations ofgenuine non-alignment. TheFederal Republic ofGermany hasRM/9 A/40/PV.10 37 (Mr.Genscher, Federal Republic ofGermany) notconcentrated itsassistance onafewselected countries; onthecontrary, we havehelpedwherever theneedwasgreatest. Wehaveremitted thedebtofthe world's poorestcountries toanextentunequalled byanyotherindustrialized country. TheGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofGermany considers population policy tobeanecessary component ofasuccessful development strategy. Wetherefore alsosupport theunitedNations PopUlation Fund.Ithasperformed valuable work andplayedaconsiderable partinslowing downtherateofpopulation growth. However, further successes areneeded. Worldwide interdependence isparticularly clearlyillustrated inthefieldof environmental protection. Inthatfield-international homeaffairs· arebecomin9 anelement ofinternational policy, andinthatfieldmankindismakingcollective d~cisions regarding itsownfuture. Ourforests areindanger. Ouragricultural landisbeingeroded;deserts andsteppes arespreading; seas,lakesandriversare becoming increasingly polluted; animalandplantspecies arebecoming extinct. It isvitaltopreserve thenatural sourcesoflifeonwhichwealltogether dependon theshrinking plan,~tEarth. InthefieldofNorth-South co-operation itisvitaltobegindealing ingood timewiththequestions raised bythenewformsoftechnology, microelectronics and bioengineering. Theseformsoftechnology presentgreatopportunities, partiCUlarly forthedeveloping countries. Genetechnology offersgreatpotential forasolution totheworldfoodproblem. Thenewtelecommunications andradio satellites offertheopportunity toequipentireregionsofthethirdworldquickly andrelatively cheaply withacommunications infrastructure. However, the opportunities areaccompanied byrisks. Forinstance, thenewformsofinformation technology intheindustrialized countries areaccelerating auu)~~tion. ThisposesIRM/9 A/40/PV.10 38 (Mr.Genscher, Federal RepUblic ofGermany) thedangertothedeveloping countries thattheadvantage theyderivefromlower labourcostswillbeeroded. NorthandSouthmustco-operation totakethe opportunities offered tothethirdworldbythesenewformsoftechnology andto
**Analysis**
The text discusses various issues related to economic development, international trade, and global cooperation. It emphasizes the need for developed countries to support the economic development of developing countries, particularly in Africa, and highlights the importance of environmental protection and sustainable development. The text also touches on the role of technology in promoting economic development and addressing global challenges.

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