inthelongterm,toenabling theAfrican peopletomakethemselves self-sufficient \ infood.Forceful, evenexceptional measures willbeneededtogetadynamic process ofrehabilitation andconsolidation underway.Thosemeasures mustbe consonant withthosethatweretakentoassistinthereconstruction ofEurope aftertheSecondworldwar. President SeyniKountche saidfromthisveryrostrumthat ·ourworldistodaydrifting awayfromasenseofmeasure, ofsharing, of generosity·. Andheadded:MLG/jc~ A/40/~v.28 73 (Mr.Bako,Niger) "Thereisadangerthatby1990800 million humanbeingswillliveina stateofabsolute poverty, inotherwords,belowtheleve~ofanyrational definition ofhumandignity. Thousands ofmen,womenandchildren throughout theworlddieeverydayofhunger,ifnotofdiseases thatcouldhavebeen avoidediftheyhadbeenbetterfed.Entirenations inthesouthern hemisphere arenotablefullytoexercise theirsovereignty because, with theirpathetic incomes, whichareoftencompletely unrelated totheirtrue resources andthetremendous efforts madebytheirpeople, theyare stagnating." Atthistimeofpolitical andeconomic crisis, aswecommemorate 40yearsof commonendeavour, weshouldaskourselves: isthistheworldwepledged tobuild? Themeeting roseat12.45p.m.