text: should allow this ongoing change to prcx::eed on its own dynamics, unmanaged and uncontrolled, with all attendant risks of instability and upheaval, or whether human ingenuity and maturity of vision will prove capable of directing and channelling it in rational and orderly fashion and collectively steering the world onto a more peaceful and just course. RM/16 A/S-18/PV. 2 71 , Ii (Mr. Alatas, Indonesia) l:'1 [ I For this, a new global vision and a new sense of human solidarity will be urgently needed. In this j:,int endeavour there is no question of who wins or mo loses, for we have to go forward together in a new global partnership for development, which cannot afford the luxury of failure. ORGANIZATIDN OF WORK The PRESIDENT: I should like to remind menbers of the decision taken by :[ the General Assembly at the 90th meeting of its forty-fourth regular session that 11 i at the special session the Assenbly would hold no meetings on the day of the .. : ;I Eid-es-Seghir. Consequently, I should like to inform members that the Assembly ': .t · ·f will hold no meetings on Thursday, 26 April. ' : .) 1', i' ' -' I ~ i· I ".:11 '' ' 'i J•,: i ,, I, '1,, Mr. HELENIUS (Finland): Mr. President, on behalf of the delegation of Finland let me begin by extending to you and to the other officers of the Assembly our congratulations on your elections. I wish also to thank the Chairman and officers of the Preparatory Committee for their active contribution. I congratulate Namibia on its nenbership in the United Nations, for mich lrrJ Government has also worked actively for several years. The special session takes place at a moment that is particularly timely for 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a global issue that requires a collective effort to address, mentioning concepts such as "new global vision", "human solidarity", "development", and "peaceful and just course". It also mentions a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, which suggests that the topic may be related to international cooperation and global governance.