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revitalization of growth. Fifthly, it should take a case-by-case approach to the scarcity of resources for development, emphasizing developing countries' responsibility in adjustment efforts and mobilization of domestic savings, bearing in mind the role of both the private and public sectors. WANG BAOLIU (China) said the structure of the new IDS should consist of a preamble; guidelines for international economic cooperation and goals and objectives; priority issues and policy measures; and surveillance and review of its implementation. Its purpose should be to strengthen international economic cooperation, promote the economic and social development of the developing countries and also constitute an important instrument for promoting a consensus on global development. He said the strategy should also be comprehensive and focused, incorporating issues of vital importance to the economic and social development of the international community, particularly of the developing countries. It should be selective, choosing areas and issues of an urgent nature that bore direct relevance to the socio-economic development of the developing countries such as resource flows, debt, commodities, trade, money and finance. He said the relationship between international and national policy measures should be dealt with. The development of the developing countries was their responsibility, but international support was necessary. The Strategy should reflect the principle of mutual interest and shared responsibility, while targets and indicators it proposed were realistic and feasible. J. SAIGAL, of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), said that, at the request of its Trade and Development Board, UNCTAD was submitting a conference room paper on the IDS for consideration by the Committee. The paper, consisting of two parts, proposed guidelines for the framework for the new Strategy, and dealt with such substantive matters as objectives and targets. Part I of the paper drew lessons from previous strategies and new economic realities, and proposed the main features for the new Strategy. Part II of the paper dealt with the main policy issues within UNCTAD's mandate, with special focus on revitalizing development through the Strategy. Laying stress on a global development perspective in which the goals of North and South would be seen as complementary and mutual supportive, the paper outlined priorities for international development co-operation for the 1990s. It highlighted issues of particular concern to UNCTAD, such as the international trade environment; commodities; technology; and additional measures in support of the least developed, land-locked and island developing countries. It also dealt with what he called "the major challenge" of the 1990s, represented by two interrelated aspects of the world economy: the management of interdependence; and the evolution of structures and systems underpinning international economic relations. In formulating the new Strategy, he said that attention should be paid to ecological, social, economic and political phenomena. Observing that ecological problems were often rooted in poverty and would respond positively to measures supporting economic development, he said that consideration of trends in those areas should be integrated within the broader perspective of sustainable growth and international economic development. WOLFGANG SPROTE (German Democratic Republic) said the IDS should contain clear-cut and realistic objectives if it were to become an effective instrument for the conduct of international economic relations and for promoting development. It should also set priorities ensuring that there was an organic link between objectives and the political follow-up measures to achieve them. Those objectives and political measures should provide basic guidelines to all bodies and agencies within the United Nations systems. It should focus attention on the economic and social problems of the developing countries. He believed that sustained and qualitative economic growth was needed to mitigate and finally overcome the complex economic and social problems, particularly those of the developing countries, as well as the imbalances and instabilities affecting the world economy and international economic relations. He said the l990s should also be turned into years of economic rehabilitation and recovery and also a decade during which solid foundations would be created or restored for development. That would necessitate a systematic and conscious approach at national and international * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | UNITEX : United Nations patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-