ofint.rn.tional t.nlion. provid.d import.nt n.wopportuniti.s topr09r•••inoth.r fi.ldl. 24.Anumb.rofd.1'9ationl f.ltth.ttheexi.tin9 int.rnational .conomic .ylt.m didnotme.tthen••dlofmoatM.mb.rStat••,••p.cia11y tho.eofd.v.10pin9 countri••,andmu.tb.putonamorepr.dict.bl. andlu.tainabl. cour~.. Somoof th.lnur9.dtb•••tab1i.hmwnt withintheUnit.dN.tionl ofacompr.h.n.iv ••yet'Mof int.rnational ••curity, inc1udin9 int.rnationa1 .conomic ••curity, toprot.ct national int.r••tfromharmful andunfor••••n.xt.lnal factor.. Tbi.we.linked wtththeworkb.in9und.rt.ken intheUnit.dN.tioDI.y.t.monthe••r1y id.ntification andmonitorin9 ofworld.conomic tr~nd•• HumlprlqhtlIpdpopu11r plrtigipltiQP 25.Allr.pr•••ntativ•••tr••s.dthe"••ntiallinkb.twlen .conomic 9fowthand .ocialpr09r•••inthedev.lopm.nt proc.... Th••ocial,andin.om.c•••• political, con••qu.nc••of.conomic probl.m., inpartiCUlAr thedebtcri.i.,w.r. vi.w.dwithalarmbym.ny.Gov.rnm.nt. forc.dtachoo••b.tw••nr.ducin9 alr.ady m.a9r••ocialbenefit. orpayin9theint.re.t dueonth.irint.rnationa1 d.bt. flcedincr•••in91y ~e.t1'.I, ~nd .om.tim••ho.tile, popu1.tion •• 26.Manydele9.tion. al.onot.dtheimportant r.lationlhip betw.en humanri9hta, civilandpolitical fr.edom., .ndd.v.lopm.nt. D.~ocrati.ation w••moreandmore •••na.partofthed.velopment proc.... Anumb.rofr.pre••nt.tive••t.t.dth.t theprotection ofhumanri9ht., theproce••ofd.mocrati.ation and,ultained economic andloa~aldevelopm.nt wereolo.elylink.d. Epyirpgm.pt Ip44ey.lpgm.pt 27.N.ar1yalldele9ation••t.tedthatthepr••ervation oftheenvironm.nt wala 910balre.pon.ibility, rtquirin9 iuten.ive andcomprehen.ive int.rn.ti~nal co-op.rationandp.rticipation byallcountrie.. Particul.r thre.tl r.quirin9 -14-imm.diat. att.ntion includ.d globalwarminv andclimat. chang••,o.on.d.pl.tion, d•••rtification andd.for••tation,airandwat.rpollution, Indtheproliforation ofha.ardou. wa.t... Whilethefinancial co.t.ofad.quately addr•••ingthoRe probl.m. w.r.ofconc.rn to.om.,thelong-t.rm co.tstotheworldcommuDity ofnot actingimm.dimt.ly w.r••••ntobe.normou. -andirr.v.r.ibl.. Nanyd.l.vation. w.lcom.d the1989Hagu.D.claration onInvironm.ntal Prot.atio~ andurV.d acc.ptanc. ofthepropo.al toholdaUnit.dNAtion. conf.r.nc~ on.nvironm.nt and d.v.lopm.nt in199~. 28.Environm.ntal prot.ction mu.t,inthevi.wnfmany,h.anintl9ral partofan ov.rall programml fur.u.talned Vrowthanddevelopm.nt. Howev.r, alarv. nl~b.rof d.levation••tr••••dthattheaonaeptof.u.tainable dey.lopm.nt .houl~notb.u.ed a.apret.xt foradditional aonditionality inthepolici••ofmultilateral d.velopment andfinancial inetitution.. Ar.iional opproaah toenvironm.ntal programme. wa..ugV••t.dby.om.,intheaont.xt ofSouth-South .conomia and t.chnical co-operation. Inv.n.ral, along-t.rm p.r.p.etive wa.call.dfor,in addition totheimm.diat. m.a.ur••r.quir.d. ~.jnitiatiy.. to.trengtheA theglob.ldialogue 29.Mo.td.l.gation. look.dforwardtothe.p.cial••••ion~ftheG.neral A••ambly onint.rnational ~conomic co-operation, .ch.duled forApril1990,a.auniqueand timelyopportunity tocarrythepo.itive spiritofvoodwilln.wly.vident illthe political .y.t.mtotheproblem. ofdevelopm.nt. Gov.rnm.nt. w.reurV.dtomake carefulpreparatione toen.urethe.ucce••ofthe.p.cial••••ion.D.l.g_tion. al.unot.dthattheSecondUnit.dNation. Conf.r.nc. ontheL.a.tD.v.lop.d Countri••,tobeh.ldinS.ptemb.r 1990,couldyi.ldimportant initiativ ••forthe poore.tcountri••• ~O.Man!r.pre••ntativ••~pplaud.d thecon.tructive approach .videntinthe Carac~. Dvclaration oftheMini.t.r. ofroreiVDAffair. oftheGroupof77,which wa.adopt.d inJune1989and.tr••••dthen.edfor.trlngth.nino int.rnational economic co-op.r.tion ford.v.lo~.nt. Th.y.xp.ctod theforthcominv Summit Conf.r.nce ofNon-align.d Countri••inB.lvrad. al.utoaddre.,thati.au•• 31.Slv.r.ld.l.gation. not.dthec.llformore.ctiv. p.rtici~ation of.ociali.t countrie. inthesy.t.mofmultilateral ao-op.ration. Th••ffort.ofthela.t.rn Europ••ncOllntri••toincr••••th.irint.vration intheworldtrad.,financ. and mon.tary .yatem. waeanimportant d.v.lopm.nt inthe••cnndhalfofthe1980•• Internation.l d.yplo;m.nt atr.t.gy fortb.IRRO' 32.Itwa••xpectedthatallofth••einitiativ ••couldhelppr.par. tbewayfor theimport~nt ta.kofformUlating theint.rnational d.v.lopment .trat.vy f~rthe 1990.,tobeadopted bytbeG.neral A••emblyatit.forty-fifth ••••ion. Whil~ del.q.tion. welcom.d thegen.r.l conv.rv.nc. ofview.ontheb••icori.ntation of the.trat.qy, mo.ta9reedthatdifficult d.ci.ionM onprioriti••and.ub.tance had.tilltobetakento.n.urea u••fulandinnovative document thatcould••rv.a.a bluoprint forco-operative actioninthed.cadeah.a4. 33.Itwa.q.n.rally agr••dthatthe.tr.~.vy mu.tbeba••donthecurr.nt realiti••oftheglobal.y.t.m. Th.Committ.e forDevelopment Planninv, init. reporttotheCouncil propo••donepo••ibl.approach. TheCommitt••identifi.d fourmainpriority are••1.c~el.ration of;rowth, d.v.lopm.nt ofhumanre,ourc••, -15-.radiaation ofpov.rty andimprov.m.nt oftb••nvironm.nt. D.l.gation. and