benefit a country such as his, an aspect that had been Department of International Economic and Social treated very briefly in the report. Affairs. 67. In the light of the financial difficulties confront­ ing the United Nations, he had reservations about extending the 1986 session of the Governing Council of UNDP. 68. Mrs. GREGORY (Canada) said that Canada was particularly pleased with paragraphs 65 and 66, on maintaining distinct United Nations entities, of the Secretary-General's report. Her country favoured better co-ordination among those bodies and en­ dorsed the proposals made to that end. 69. Canada would like to see greater communica­ tion between the Population Commission and the Governing Council of UNDP, but did not support an extension of the latter's session. In that connection, the arrangements made at the organizational session of UNDP in February were perfectly adequate. 70. The report could serve as a basis for dealing with population issues. She noted with pleasure that it included recommendations to which Canada at­ tached importance. She expressed the hope that the Secretariat would be able at the current session to clarify some of the paragraphs in the report on which questions had been raised so as to facilitate prepara­ tions for further discussion of population activities by the General Assembly. 71. Miss COURSON (France) said that the Secre­ tary-General had been realistic in not recommending fundamental structural changes and in emphasizing instead interaction between existing institutions. 72. The roles of the main bodies and units con­ cerned should be clearly defined with the Population Commission acting as co-ordinator and the Popula­ tion Division overseeing research, in co-operation with the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development. 73. Since UNFPA was supposed to deal exclusively with operational questions, her delegation under­ stood that any strengthening of the Fund's activities would be in the area of administrative and financial 75. Concerning information and inter-agency co­
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its role in addressing population issues. The language used is formal and official, suggesting a discussion among government representatives or international organizations. The text mentions the Secretary-General's report, the Governing Council of UNDP, and the Population Commission, indicating a focus on international development and population-related issues.

**Category**
International development, Health