text: from outside what they require for their development, they must in turn be enabled to, export at remunerative prices. However~ this cannot be achieved if such Problems as the external indebtedness~ market inaccessibilitY for exports, stable commdi tv prices, transfer and absorption of nodern and appropriate technologies to developing countries do not find the necessary solution to enable these countries to achieve sustained, durable and equitable qrowth and development. Tanzania is hopeful that this special session will address itself adequately to these issues wi. th a view to achieving mtually beneficial international economic co-oPeration between developed and developing countries. The development requirements of the developing countries, and especially the least developed countries among them, are such that they cannot all be met through their own exPOrt earnings alone. They need to be supplemented substantially by other forms of external resource inflows, like official development assistance, as well as direct foreign investment. While the developing countries themselves can do a great deal, especially in making their respective domestic environments attractive to foreign investors, the developed countries, from where the fbreign investors originate, can also facilitate investment by their nationals in develoPing countries. Moreover, there has been a noticeable decline, in both relative as well as real terms, of official development assistance to develoPinq cc:>untries. What is equally disturbing, such assistance often tends to be tied to conditions which are not only tmacceptable but objectionable. Many speakers before me have aptly reiterated the importance of an external debt mora. tor ium, cancellation, forgiveness and the like, in order to ease the JSM/td A/S-18/PV ~ 8 102 (Mr ~ ·Malima; ·United· Republic of·Tanzania) resource constraints of developing countries. To be sure~ sone positive developments have alreadv taken place, especially with regard to the cancellation of the external indebtedness of low-income countries. Thus, those low-income 
analysis: The text primarily focuses on the challenges and requirements for developing countries to achieve sustainable and equitable economic growth and development. It highlights the importance of external factors such as external debt, market access, and transfer of modern technologies to overcome these challenges. The text also emphasizes the need for international cooperation and assistance from developed countries to supplement the development efforts of developing countries.