principles intoaction. Belgium hasalwaysdeclared itselfreadytoenterintoa dialogue withcountries wishing todosoandhasnotfailedtoplaytothefullits roleintheconcert ofnations. Thisroleinvolves establishing contacts, using restraint andestablishing credibility andreliability withrespect toourexisting commitments. East......>tlestrivalry andtheconfrontation be~.:l'een thenuclear P~er6 ar.enotthe onlythreats tointernational life.Because oftradition andhistorical bonds, my country isparticularly interested intheAfrican continent, whoseseverecrisisis stillasourceofconcern.JSM/at A/40/PV.ll 79 (Mr.Tindemans, Belgium)., Today, econ~ic difficulties, drou9ht~ agricultural cti$e~andfoeXlshQttages areinmanyplacescomplicated andtheirconsequences multiplied byarmed conflicts, internal disturbances andinternational confrontations. Thecombination ofthesesituations h~sUltimately givenoverwhelming dimensions totheseevils. ~manyAfrican countries experience poverty, whichcarries initswakesuffering, deathanddisplacement ofpopulations fleeing natural calamities andthedisasters ofwal'. Inthefaceofthissituation, theinternational community didnotremain in~ifferent. Underthemomentum giventousbyourSecreta~-General, Mr.PerezdeCuellar, measures havebeentaken,andcontinue tobetaken,tomeet themosturgentneedsoftheAfrican peoples. Inordertoachieve greater effectiveness, theco-ordination oftheaidhasbeenstrengthened atthelevelsof thevarious organsoftheUnitedNations aswellasofthedonorcountries. Thiseffortmustbecontinued andsupplemented through longer-term actions geared towards thedevelopment ofthepopulations. Amongtheselong-term actions mycountry givesthehighestpriority tointegrated ruraldevelopment, theonly lasting solution totheproblems ofhunger andmalnutrition, theonlymeansof fighting ruralexodus andanarchic urbangrowth. Itisat.this goalofdevelopment ofruralareasthatBelgium aimedwhenitestablished theSurV'ival Fundforthe ThirdWarIdtohelpthefamine-str ickencountriestorecover andtoimprove their foodproduction inordertoachieve self-SUfficiency. InOctober 1983,withthehelpoffourunitedNations agencies, weselected thecountries oftheHornofAfricaasbeneficiaries becauseitisoneofthe regions oftheworldwhereuduet.ostar.vation$ themortal.:iq rateisoneofthe highest.JSM/at: A/40/W.lleo (Hr.Tindell8ns, Belgium) organizations, isalsoengaged inaseriesofeaergency aidoperations insever~l drought:-stricken African countries. Thisaid,inequipment: orcereals, istod~y indispensable, but:isobviously not:enough. Weconsider developaent: aidto developing countries asthefirstdUtyofindustrialized countries.Racialdiscrimination leadstoviolent confrontation, withthenumberof togainfromabloodbath oreconomic chaos. AsMr.Poosstated, onbehalfoftheleaving asideviolence andslogans, willseekoriginal solutions tocomplexA/40/PV.ll 81 hopestoconvince theSouthAfricans toadoptsuchapolicy.ofSouthAfrica, withinasystemofprotection ofminorities andthedialogue that Ihave ju~tmentioned. Throughitsclearaction, Belgium, together withtheTen,problems. Nocitizen ofSouthAfrica, regardless ofthecolourofhisskin,standsrostrum" totheGovernment oftheRepublic ofSouthAfricatoundertake forthwithThedecadeoftheseventies hasfavoured infrastructural development whichwas thecontinent. Likesomanyothers,I,too"shouldliketoappeal" fromthis(Mr.Tindemans" Belgi~) Atthistime,whentheinternational crisisishittingallcountries, butmore Itisinthiscontext thatIwishtocalltomindthetragiceventswhichin Ten,Ibelieve thattheonlysolution liesingranting equalrightstoallcitizensiMocent victims running intothehundreds. Thethreatofcivilwarloomslarger thedismantling ofapartheid whichBelgium condemns unreservedly. Mycountry appeals toallSouthAfricans tomovetowards constructive dialogue. MyGovernment ventures tohopettiatineachcommunity, r~:s.ponsible leaderswillbefoundwho,recentmonthshavetakenplaceinSouthAfrica. withititstrainofSUffering andmiseryleading totheeconomic collapse ofhalfanindispensable phase. However, somereforms ofanother kindarejustas necessary.se~erely thedeveloping countries, international solidarity together withasense ofresponsibility isnecessary nowaorethaneverbefore.AP/dw - . 11> •....' . . . .(continued inFrench)situation insouthern Africa. ThismakesusinsistontheneedforanurgentA/40/PV.ll 82 ..ha ~o!r .,"'''''..h';n. a.t1h';~" _.....--......,.......--.-_......1---. toinformhimofIamnotunawareofthedifficulty oftheresponse tobegivenandofthe efforts already undertaken byourOrganization. Asearlyas1972,ontheoccasion ofthetwenty-se:venth session oftheGeneral