towar4~ redre••ingtheunfavourable 1nter~atioDal enviroDRent, inparticular problems offalling c~dity price.,debt-s.rviciDg burden., highInt&r••trate. andprotectioni ••,whichcontinue toun4ermiaa r.fo~effort.ofAfrlcSD Govarmants. Intheare:aoftrade,4evelop'DIJ cOUlltd~. continue toaufferfrolla4'V'8rse terM.oftrade. Hbilodeveloping countri••UDd~rtheirvariousrestructuring programme. haveliberalised theireconomi••,thedeV&lop44 countries havegivenin toprotectionist pre••ure.andresorted !ncrea81aqly to~egedtrade,aa eX8Dplifie4 bythegrawiD; volumeofvoluntary eapo~trestrainta, orderly marketiu9 arruq_nt. andbUateral agre••ate11..itlnqtra4e.ft.international trading Bystem, founded ontheprinciple ofnon-discriMination, i8littered with 4iacr~lDatory arrangements • Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarynotdeducted fro~aidallocation8. MYdelegatloD wouldallolitetotakethi.pl'OCJrelll illdebtreU.funcleI'theToronto AgreallOllt 011th.tPedsClubdebt"the(Mr.AllmQah. Ghpa)Al45/PV.6 06 developing countries. IDthefac.ofth~r••ource.qu••••,.tructu~al a4juataontODAf10va have .tagnat.d IDre.l t.~s.revinduetriali.ed countrl••haveattainedas.istance (ODA) fo~external fioaDcetosupporttheirdevelopment progra-Me8. But proqruaes iIOuted bylIOatAfrican countri••withintilefrBMwork oftheUnitedthetarqetof0.7percentofqro••Dational product (GNP)laODAf10v.toTh.flowofre.oure.. 10critical tothe10D9-te~ developmeot n.ea.ofoppo~tUDlty toreiterate itecallforaninterDational conference onAf~ica'. debt. hasheen••riou.ly er04e4bythetwiDprcbl... ofexternal !ndebte4ae.. aDdadverse te~eoftrade. Manylow-iDCOMe countri.c «epead ODofficIal developmentchargedatInternational n.volopment Aa.oelation (IDA)rat••andther••ource.coat developing countries ha.be.nco••id.rably reduced. Tbeco...rc!albank.al'..til1r.duceboththedebt.tockanathedebt••rvice,the9l'anti89 offurth.r ~.liofby movingbeyondthetom.oftheTorontoinitiative inrea~ctofther...1n1119Pad. Clubd.bt,andtheavailability ofaeo~atoriua of3to10ye.rewithlator61t reluctant tor••ume1endlD9tohighlyindebted cOUDtrio. ••theircreditworthine••ExpertGrouponAfrica'. d.bt,particularly tho.eregard1n9 iner.ased effort.tolnapacthasHoninadOtJUat. bothinscopeand1IIpl••ntatlon. Mydalegation"re.cb.4ullzt,g. AllthGSfIcretal:Y-Geural'. BspertGroupODAfrica'. cCJU041ty problem. point.outiaitareport, re.ch.4ul1Dg ofdebt,unaccompanied bydebt write-doVll, canle.d-toincre•••«overall debt.Although th.rehasbe.n1ll0lilllThe1,aOshaveal.o.eentheaaguitude ofth&e.terAlll d.btofdevelopill9 countries 9rowinvolu.etothelovelof$1,3trillioD, ofwhichAfricabearDover $250billioD, withthed.bt.tillrlaimgonaccountofri.iD;intor••trate.andPKB/ASIf Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryfor.tructu~.l ed,u.~Dt abGuldhavehoena..lce-econtribution tothedebate.(Mr."DRab, GhUI)W45/PV.6 97 there••on.vhyecoDOMic rafo~avereBotyle14189 theaspect.d r••ultc,thefocus beg'lma11l9 ofthe1990•• Iahouldllketoaddr••sthatquO.tiOD, a.itlaimportant tomakethe pesition oftheGhanaGovera.ent quitecl&ar.Ispllclt illtheDe.clarioacalllsun4el'lyllllCJ .s.\lllPtloras. TbeBcollOltlc Co-bsloD forAfdcaeaalterDativ. fruevork quickly.h1fted fl'OIIthen••dforecol\0II1c refonttothelackofdellOcratic reform a.theprtaaryco.straiat againat .coD~lc recovery anddevelopment inthe 4e".1opl89 cout!'!.es. DeIIocratlc refo",haathuabec..thecladollcallattheIllata.d, refugewassoughtIncallsfordeMOcratic rafol'll. IIIthe1980.the callftaforecoD_lc I:'ofom. Developi¥l9 cowatr:l.. follova« theprescdptloDS for atructural ad'uatnent aD4yetcontinued toauffereconOMic..lals.ofamore virulent tind.X.tarally theybeq8Dtoquestion thepolicyprescriptlons andthalrreyltall~atlon ofecono-lc growthanddevelopRent, inparticular 1nthedeveloping ButiDtheendcon.ensus couldbeachieved onlyODthebaaisofblaadassurancosPD/ASW countri.s, theGroupof77hadexpected purposeful anddeci.ive InternatioDal actionto5441'... the..'orcon8tralnta Militating againsttheireconoalc growth. 9owever, 1nateadofitaprCMOtlaq avigoroua debate OD,andcritical analysis of,proalalag .creofthea~failed po~lclea. Pord.veloplag countries thisvasa 41.appoln~nt. !b8international -COMMunity _ieaGda9004opportunity to dOMODstrata it.political vl1ltofilldal.stiaqsolution tosomeofthe illtractable probleas confrolltltiq thedeveloping worldtoday.9rowth-orlente4 policie. haveDotbeanforthcGIIlD9. Incall1Dgforaaped.l massioDoftheo.naral AIIs.Mbly devotedtothe _•. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryconcerned, notinanalienculture. freed0ll8 oftheindividual andofpeople.o Theseinclude theConvention ODthehWllanrightaetb.righttochoosethepolitical ayetuunderWhichonelivell.(Hr."111IO., Ghana)W45/PV.&la ButDOpolitical ayatell,ho_vel' repre,entative ordemocratic, canthrivein BelioviBg a8itdo.,intheprCMOtion of,androspectfor,humanright8 gthe RightsoftheChild,whichrqcOWltry va8thefir.tMemberStatetoratifyinravaged byhunger,4i••a,.,illiteracy and.i,.ry. Preedom fromwanti••abasic Qthefaceofgdndlaq poverty andtleapoll4ellcy. 'rhoespedence oflIanycountdeslevel,indeci.ion-making. MeaI'stakingtheproc.s. furthctr byconducting