text: new and innovative measures for encouraging predictability and stability of comnodi tv markets is therefore an important objective to be achieved. Moreover, measures should be pUt in place to enable developing countries to particiPate in the international division of labour through a liberal and global trading system. In this respect, special and preferential treatment for the develoPing countries, in particular for the least developed amonq them, should be continued and improved. BHS/PLJ/qa A/S-18/PV.10 21 (l'tlr. Min; M<;anma.r) Environment and development have come to the fore of the international Political and economic agenda. Environmental affairs have of late assumed an ever-increasing important place in the national policies of manv countries, including my own. We are of the view that environment and development are so closely linked that they constitute two sides of the sane coin and that to tackle environmental problems, development issues need to be addressed simultaneously. For the poor and the deprived, environmental problems can occupy only a position of marginal importance. Poverty alleviation, therefore, is an essential prerequisite for environmental protection. It is with this concept in mind that our Government has established a national commission for environmental affairs. Environmental deqrada tion and the accompanying dangers that we face toda v are .a common concern of all nations. The failure in the past to take into .account the adverse effects on the environment of uncontrolled economic growth will have to be considered .and rectified, Primarily by those who contributed to it and who have the means to do so. Significant resources must be made available and access to environment-friendly technoloqy provided to the develoPinq countries to enable them to assume their national responsibilities for environ mental management· The Union of M/anmar believes that in this increasingly interdependent world it is in the fundamental interest of all States to work toqether through 
analysis: The text discusses the importance of achieving predictability and stability in commodity TV markets, which is related to economic development. It also mentions the need for developing countries to participate in the international division of labor and the importance of addressing environmental problems, which are linked to natural resources and the environment. The text also touches on the need for developed countries to take responsibility for their impact on the environment and provide resources to developing countries to help them manage their environment.