In the autumn we move to the 1979 session of the general assembly and a special session on the third development decade. It will take place against the background of third world disappointment and sometimes anger-with UNCTAD five; against the background of all the familiar failure to reach consensus on key issues of confrontation at the FAO conference on agriculture and rural reform in rome last month rural reform in rome last month ; against the the background of increased oil prices; against the background of world inflation