Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryl/4,f/PV.93 11 , developed andleast.4welopcd coUntries alike. Action, Invclvinr; caaitMnts, 1.urgently required fort.'heleast ~veloped countries, lIanyof.mwh.,111not beabletoachieve sustained development without subStantial support ovon !lbouldtheyillpl...nt80un4national strategies.," CA!S-18/PV.2, pp.7ana8) InracQ9nizingthelllportance oftbe'PadsCOnference, theTwelvepledgetheir '.l, fullsupport foritandforasuoce88ful outcoatatoitsdelibentiona.,1\. :..·~.I !!!~MA'rHA'ICIsrael) IMy4.1~aUon jolneclthecon.ftSUS ondraft ·r:e801Qtion A/44/L.GS, which t~eGeneral AUellb],y.has justaeJop\:ed. Itdi4notwant toblocktheconsensus, .a1tht:MJcj\it has.t~~n~tesewatlona aboutparaCjraph 4,and p'l/Irticularly abOutsubparagraph' Cb)•Mr.8URD(Ireland) aSpeahing onbehalfoftheEuropean eo_unity ana ita._IMrStat8sm explanation ofvote,I_rIIlywelCOMe tbeacloptlCln bythe General Assellbly ofthisre801ution. WeHeit.particularly inthelightofthe posit'ive resultofthespecial.,sionoftheGeneral Aa_lIbly, whiebreaulteCI in theadoption byconsensus oftbeDeclaration oninternational ecol'lOlIic co-operation for'sustained develo~nt'of theworldeconomy andinparticular tberevitalization ofecomlllc qrovthanddevelopwent ofttUtdevelopinc; countries. TheBuropean ColInlunityandits...berStatesareillportant partners ofthe leastdeveloped countries intbeirdevelopent efforts. Theyareillportant ,providers ofaidtothe..TheyhavebeentakingstepStoincreAse boththev01ul'lle andthequ('\Utyofthisaid.''rheTwelveseetheoutcomeoft.hespecial...iona. providing apositive impetus tothewo~ofthePadsConference, lI\international lItetingtowhich,theyattachthehighe.t importance. AS!ltherepresentative ofthe Presidfncy oftheeo_unity statedinhiespeechtothespecial sesslon, -theParisCOnference should•••,provide avaluable opportunity toexplore r,alistie optlona for,l.proviftCJ theoperation oftheireconoMies. The .-. ,COnference ~.ta!1Itoagreearangeofpractical actions tobetalc.faby~rr'\~~:>~77T;;?!~;~'>'\~"i::""" !"'~~;:.,~~,:,;' ~~~'~ . ..:('''''' ' Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryIThemeeting roseat10.55a.m. ,Jl··~ThePRESIDENT, Wehaveheardthelastspeaket inexplanation ofpositlon .Mr.DUGI'N(UnitedStates), Although theUnitedstatesjoinedthe position withreference totheresolutions referred toinparagraph 4Cb). andhavethusconcluded ourconsideration ofa~endaitem82.JP/edd A/441pV.93 12 consensus 01\thedraftresolution" thatdoesnotimplythatithaschangedits Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library