eventually to the economic integration of the entire continent. Mv country, Burundi, is actively contributing to the success of this enterprise. Thus, in Partnership with our immediate neighbours, we have set up the Economic Community of Countries bordering on the Great Lakes, made up of the Republic of Zaire, the Republic of Bwanda and Burundi. With the States of eastern and southern Africa, Burundi has set up the Zone for Preferential Trade, currently made up of some 20 States. Also, Burundi has also joined the Central African Economic Community, and it highly values technical and economic co-operation among developing countries there. Burundi is a member of the Organization for the Development and Improvement of t:he Kagera Basin, a framework for joint action and integration within which it c:o-operates together with Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Mv country recently hosted, on 22 April 1990, the Sixth Special Conference of Heads of State or Government of that organization. At the conclusion of its work, important projects for the development of the region were approved and the Heads of State, meeting in Bujumbura, committed themselves to breathe new life into the organization. BHS/td A/S-18/PV.S 26 (Mr. · MbonimPa; Burundi l This process of economic and trade integration, which is relativelv easv to achieve in the case of the developed countries, has in the case of our developing countries met with structural constraints which must be overcome. Thus the Organization for the Development and Improvement of the Karega Bas in has been compelled to reduce its initial targets of the 1970s, following the spectacular drop in the commodity prices of its menber States, the spiralling costs of manufactured products and the crushing burden of their external indebtedness. Initiatives of this kind should be fostered and supported by the rich countries which, for their part, should open up their markets to products coming 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses Burundi's efforts to integrate economically with its neighboring countries and international organizations. It highlights the country's involvement in various regional and international initiatives, such as the Economic Community of Countries bordering on the Great Lakes and the Zone for Preferential Trade. The text also touches on the challenges faced by developing countries, including structural constraints and external indebtedness. Based on this analysis, it seems that the text is most closely related to the categories of economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade