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UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 4

     Posting Date: 10/09/89        Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989
     UNITEX Network, USA           ISSN: 1043-7932

     The Foreign Minister of Morocco, Mr. FILALI, then said that his
     own region had made major strides towards union.  The
     establishment of the Arab Maghreb Union had become an
     imperative.  Around the world, the trend was towards regional
     integration as a factor of peace, harmony and stability.  The
     treaty that established the union -- comprised of Algeria, Libya,
     Mauritania, Tunisia and Morocco -- had strengthened the ties
     between those States and contributed to establish a regional
     peace based on justice and equality.  Integration would be
     sought to the fullest, and ties would be reinforced with the
     Gulf Co-operation Council and the Arab Co-operation Council.

     Faithful to the idea that the so-called Western Sahara problem
     should be resolved through self-determination, his country had
     agreed in principle to the Secretary-General's peace plan on 30
     August 1988.  Morocco would continue to lend its backing to the
     efforts made by the Secretary-General and the Chairman of the
     Organization of African Unity (OAU), he stated.

     Unlike the world political situation, he then said the
     international economic picture did not offer even a glimmer of
     hope.  The problems of the countries of the South had grown
     worse:  the determination in the terms of trade, growing
     protectionism and low prices for exports, had been compounded by
     the burden of foreign indebtedness.  The widening of the gap --
     indeed, the chasm -- separating North from South was liable to
     have an impact on the developed countries as well.  For that
     reason, it was a collective responsibility to help the
     developing countries deal with those problems.

     A "stop-gap approach" was not appropriate for a system in crisis,
     he said.  The world economy must be restructured, to take into
     account the concerns of both sides.  He had high hopes that next
     year's special session of the General Assembly on development
     questions would not be a missed opportunity and that specific
     measures could be designed to create a more balanced
     international economic order.  For Morocco, co-operation with
     developing countries was an essential element, he said.
     South-South co-operation was an important factor in reaching a
     better equilibrium in world economic relations.

     In concluding, he said the world was undergoing profound
     structural changes in many areas and international solidarity
     was an imperative in order to deal with such changes.  The
     international community was duty-bound to strengthen the United
     Nations so that prosperity and peace could reign throughout the
     globe.

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