"Time to be bold." (General Assembly adopts blunt declaration) (Special Section - Future of the Global Economy: Challenges of the 90s)

From: UN Chronicle | Date: September 1, 1990 | Copyright information

"Time to be bold"

The wide-ranging, 38-point Declaration on International Economic Cooperation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries was hailed as "a watershed in the history of international economic co-operation" by Assembly President Joseph N. Garba of Nigeria, who said it took 10 years to achieve.

The Declaration states that the most important challenge for the 1990s is the revitalization of economi...

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