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The revolutionary governments of Cuba and Zanzibar have given an example of how to use the most unlikely forums for pytting across ideas and making fundamental criticisms of noo-colonialism in the way they have used the present vonld conference on trade at Geneva, The conference was organised in accordance with a resolution passed at the 17th session of the U.N. General Assembly and is called the "United Confer ence on International Trade and Development". It started on March 23rd.
Speaking on March ‘25th, Che Guovara, the Cuban delegate, said that the contradiction between the developed capitalist countries and the economically under-developed countries was of ' basic significance! +o the conference. He emphasised that the extensive development of the developed capitalist countries was made on the basis of exploiting the dependent countries, Ile urged the under-developed countries to unite and not fall into the snares of the developed countries which wore exploiting them.
Guevara held that the conference should not only discuss the problem of markets but the “entire question of domination of the nation~ al economy of dependent countries by the developed countries." It was necessary to “fully eradicato the exploitation of the dgpendent countries by the developed countries and all the consequences which resulted from this very fact." All the international financial groups and all their organisations in other forms — such as the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the —~ Gonoral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and the Intemimorican Development Bank — served the capitalist powers, first and foremost U.S. imperialism, Guevara continued, They were imperialism's “most subtle instruments of perpetuating under—development and exploitation."
He denounced the “Allisnco for Progress"as another example. Guevara pointed out that evon 1f funds for “assistance” under this schome were increased by 200%, they could not makc up for the profits which the U.S. squeezed out of Latin America each year. Dealing with the so-called private enterprise system advocated by the U.S. delegate, Guevara said that it meant only "freedom for the monopolies", Guevara put in Cuba's demands for restoring to the under-developed countries their traditional goods' export markets seized by the imperialists and for the respecting of the rights of nations to trade freely and sign transport agreoments without interferenco.
In conclusion, Guevara said that the mood to resist was growing, the peoples are fighting for their rights by force of arms — he cited examples — and Cuba supported the peoples fighting imperialism and pledged military solidarity with theme
Speaking later in the Conference, Babu,the Zawzibar delegato, attacked international mopololies, He drew attention to the fact that nearly 211 the advanced capitalist countries had legislation against monopoly, and argued that since monopolies are international phenomena there should international legislation against them.