text: construed to represent the decline of social ideals. The replacement of the post war political order of the East does not exonerate Western industrial countries of their own historic responsibilities. The job of building equality and justice in democratic societies is the highest challenge humanity faces as we enter the twenty first century. These ideals are alive and vigorously pursued by popular movements all over the world. Competition and savagery is not a viable alternative for the people. Either the international community builds an economic order where equity and efficiency are reconciled or our world will face a social and environmental decay of immense proportions. We demand the end of all conditionalities imposed by rich countries and their international financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank. Overall impositions of neo-liberal adjustments and policies which do not take into consideration our reality and our peoples' desires are unacceptable. We don't want to be isolated from world structural changes now in course in production technology and trade. We know of the real difficulties to transform production structures build in conditions of late development into a E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/ll page 4 new dynamic and democratic international integration. Our industrial growth was not accompanied with social and educational developments, compatible with the new requirements in technical, professional and intellectual capacity. Our adjustment policies must be of productive change with equity, revenue distribution and environmental protection. We need to break with the past, overcoming our external and social debts and opening the doors of our future incorporating technological progress in a new integration with the world economy. The resolution of the tremendous problem of the external debt requires a political decision by governments of both debtor and creditor countries. In relation to the overall debt creditors have already been paid more than a fair 
analysis: The text appears to be a statement from a non-governmental organization (NGO) or a group of civil society organizations, advocating for economic and social justice. The language used is critical of the current economic order and the policies imposed by rich countries and international financial institutions. The text also emphasizes the need for a new economic order that prioritizes equity, efficiency, and environmental protection. The focus is on the global North-South divide and the need for a more equitable distribution of resources and opportunities.