ofsociety illthe.pre&4ofnarcotic drugs. Although TuBi.iaI'neither aproducer noraconsumer oftholledruga,iti,r••olut.ly fightiDg thlascourge by establishing lIuycontrolapncies inordertoIIGnitor probable tZ'udtpointsand IItellthedevelopment ofthi8traffic. It1.actlagInconstant collaboration with specialized international agenci.. Inordertoeliainate thisphenomenon, Tunisia, whichlIa4eradical change,initssociety OD7BoveJlber 1987­ chaDgG& whichle4tothe••tabli.baent ~fademocratic Z'89i..bas.dODplurali.- andfreedollofthoughtinaStatewherelawandiDDtitutionB ruleandwhichhas _.-.._..-------IIiIIiIHIlI .................. ......-..-~~· Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibrarynII/17 A/45/pv.e 7'-80 (Mr.Jknallre,. tuilla),- UIlce••1DlJ1yworkedto.trelMjt:hen hQIIUaD4ca-unity right.-confil'lU itil.tl'01l9 c!ftoti~na4totalCac.ltMDt totheUate4.atlon. Chartera4al.oprocla1u it. intention totraDalate theCharterl•loftypurpo.e. aD4princlpl••iatoCODCr5te reality ODthentioula4int.naatioul level... InthatcOllate.t" atthebegiuing oftheJear!'uDilliapr••ellte4aprellalli.&l'J' reportconceraia; thet.pleM8lltation ofthelnterDatioDal Convention agalnat 'rQrtueadotherCruel,IDh-.n 01'Degra41ag TreatMnt orPwd....llttot1ut TuDi.ia alaoeUbaltte4 onleaDd17July1990itathirdreport ODtho !apl_nt.tioD oftheintitrDationl Covenat ofcivilu4political dghtatotha COMal.aioD concel'lle4. ODuotIMtl'le..l"u4purauut toitc"-air.to.tl'eagtbea theright.02 children, !ruDiaia eslgudtheUDlte4.atiod COlllvelltion 011theRlghtlloftheClai14 whichwillbeI'atif!~ intheveryIleal'future. WeeDthualaatlca1l:r ."PIOl't tbe la1tiatlve toconvene the1101'14S_itforChildren whichvl11_an0PlOrtuulty fortheiaterDatloaal c08Ml1lDity t~vole.itacOMitMnt totUdghtilofthechild. pgrtLa~I'." TUDlala a"pportaallinltiatl.-. at.e4atatreDgtbeaicg the right.efthehu41ca,pec1. J'ual.iaha.bHadelighted attileprofoUll4c:IaaBg..thatbawOCCUE'I'e4 la todayl. wor14aa4"abovttall,.lalecterDBuo,.withavi_toe.8hd.D189 public freedollsuatIutfoUll4atlona ofd.-craCl' ucSrespectforhUlWlright••ne..IAl'eeoulc1er&bl. ach1...,..at8 that:eUCJUr_11for_IBteraatloaal Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJB/l8-------------- Al4S/PV.& 81 (~8o»lore" tunili,) OIltheotherhand,ftmuatinallobiectlvity voiceourconcerD overthe tendoncy to.arginali.e, atleactinpolitical dilcour.o, thedeveloping countri•• iageDeral andtheAfrican contiDent illparticular. Thattelldoncy, ftbelieve,. has anegative tapectonthe~at.rial end.aral.ituation ofthethirdworldcountries ¥.biebareconfronted bya.ituatlo~ ofwor••n1Dgpoverty duetoareduction in eztorDal r8.OUI'Ce. 8I1dthe41chot~ betwe.D lon9-te~ developmeDt obiectives and lbort-te~ structural a4iu.~nt. flbi1erecognllllnq onceagainbeforethaAI.eably ourre.pons!b1l1ty tore..4y thatlituation, wenotewith80..bitterliOla thatthemaiorsacrificea iliad.atthe natioDal levelaregravely en4aDgere4 becau.. ourfinaDclal obligation, exc.edour reelabilitytopay.IIIthatre.pect, theatu4yODtheglobal8cOn0fl1' cOll4ucte4 by theUnited_.tionl Secretariat e.wella.the"01'14 Be~ ~eportdevotedthisyear to,overty, higblight theaggravation ofthatphenOMnon 04itanegativ. !llpaeton theresuaptioD ofdeveloplalllt lathedevelopill4J co_tri••• !beMerl4BBDkhala4vocate4 theiMplem.ntatioa ofastrategy tofightthat IcOurge, whichwillconltitute the..inehalleDge totheinternatiolllal cc.munity in tholOgOs. Welupportthatinitiative, whichbuttrell'.s theap~al..4ebythe ae..loping cOUlltrie~ totheinternational financial inltitutions totakethelocial ofthatetrategy...sn.e.It,.Ul4epen4 ODaDb'l&l'o"eMat iD1I04a1itl••of •••iet_ce aD4011iDcre.l.a ilUPPOl'tfr_thointenuationl c08A1m1tr intho ~l"'Dtetio. ofaat10Dal policies fr••lyeet8bliehe4 b.rtha4.velopiDg couatri•• fO~theIt~U991e atel.et poverty. bperieDce huahcnmthatthedovclopllag countd••cumotachie..e"ltaiDe4 growthwhil.wlthltu4ing the_rdlhip. ofiaUatioD udthe...i9htofforeiCJii ilU1ebte4De... ICK'.c:..s•••ue..theDlracto:r ~..rsloftheIllteraatioDllI Monet.l"7 rwul,eloqv.-atly clelcr!M4 tbate!tuatlolll..0_of"gl'ovtkI,uta". ballO Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJB/18Alf.5/PV.6 82 (Mr."oularl'. Topisia) .tr••••d,atlastJuly'.les,ionoftheEconomic andSocialCouncil, theFuDd'. decision tocontain andattenuate the.ffectsoftharecovery pl'ogr.....inor4er toguarante. Qbetterbalanceofadju.tMnt, growth04.ocialju.tice. Thatinitiative de-on.tratea theneedtogivepriority tonon-inflationa~ growthba.edODa.yat••oflIultilateral co-ordination andbroadened MOnitoring, ev.nifthequestion ofreconciling effectiveness andjustice, productivity and humanen•••,r'lIaiD.. Inthatreapect, thePresident oftheRepublic, Mr.SenAli, ha4theopportwaity, .duringhispreaideDcy oftheArabMaghreb UnioD (AMtJ),to