The United Nations, May 1981: Views... 15 ..- On Economic Development “Generally speaking, it must be admitted that the Federated States of Micronesia still awaits the establishment of functional basis infrastructure and coordinated effective social service institutions. While work continues towards the completion of a program of primary capital improvements initiated by the U.S. some years ago, we suffer from a lack of provisions for maintenance and the lack of a program for concurrent secondary devetopment, both of which are neces- sary to achieve maximum benefit from the primary development projects.” --Vice President Petrus Tun, Fedcrated States of Micronesia. "From the analysis of the report transmitted by the Admini- stering Authority (U.S.), it appears that the inhabitants of the Trust Territory are more dependent tha ever on American assistance which supplies more than 90% of their financial resources to then. In this respect, the fact that the income received from copra and ~ tuna fishing has declined compared with the preceding year is cer- tainly disturbing," . --Paul Poudade, Representative of France, U.N, Trusteeship Council. “Progress in the quantity of available infrastructure has been made during the past year...Unfortunately, neither the Government of the United States nor the Republic of Belau is satisfied with the quality of the infrastructure improvements...The new roads have not been built to specification, and unless they are resurfaced in compliance with contract requirements they will not last more than several years. The water system still does not work. The people of Koror and its surrounding areas have water for only two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. The Republic of Belau des- perately needs $500,000 to fix the leaks in the water system and we haye asked the U.S. Congress for such an appropriation. If the water system can be adequately repaired we believe that the sewer systen, which is mow not operating, can be made to function...Failure to have adequate water not only threatens our health and safety but also our basic economic development. For example, tourists will not tolerate periodic water availability and inadequat2 sanitation. “The new Republic of Belau is of the opinion that no amount of political autonomy will produce the kind and quality of independence that we seek unless that political autonomy is accompanied by a substantial degree of economic independence. To date economic development in the Republic of Belau has been wholly inadequate.” --Vice President Alfonso Oiteroneg, Republic of Belau. Continued on Page 16