UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/45/23 (Part IV) 12 September 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Forty-fifth session Items 115 and 18 of the provisional agenda* REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE SITUATION WITH REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES** (covering its work during 1990) Rapporteur; Mr. Mohammad Najdat SHAHEED (Syrian Arab Republic) CHAPTERS V and VI CONTENTS Chapter Paragraphs Page V. ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND OTHER INTERESTS WHICH ARE IMPEDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES IN TERRITORIES UNDER COLONIAL DOMINATION AND EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE COLONIALISM, APARTHEID AND. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA*** 1-11 A/45/150 and Corr.l. ** This document contains chapters V and VI of the Special Committee's report to the General Assembly. The general introductory chapter will be issued under the symbol A/45/23 (Part I). Chapters III, VII and IX also relate to the present chapters. Other chapters of the report will be issued under the symbol A/45/23 (Parts II, III and V-VIII). The complete report will be issued subsequently as Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/45/23). *** General Assembly decision 44/469 of 11 September 1990. 90-22238 1744Í (E) /... CONTENTS (continued) Chapter A. Consideration by the Special Committee H. Decision of the Special Committee C. Recommendation of the Special Committee VI. MILITARY ACTIVITIES AND ARRANGEMENTS 8У COLONIALPOWERS IN TERRITORIES UNDERTHEIR ADMINISTRATION WHICH MIGHT8E IMPEDINGTHE IMPLEMENTATIONOFTHEDECLARATIONONTHE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIALCOUNTRIESANDPEOPLES . A. Consideration by the Special Committee 8. Decision of the Special Committee C. Recommendation of the Special Committee CHAPTER V ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGNECONOMIC AND OTHER INTERESTS WHICH ARE IMPEDINGTHE 1MPLEMENTATIONOFTHE DECLARATIONONTHE GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES INTERRITORIES UNDER COLONIALDOMINATION AND EFFORTS TO 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the United Nations and its efforts to promote the independence of colonial countries and peoples. It discusses the activities of foreign economic and other interests that impede the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. It also touches on military activities and arrangements of colonial powers that might impede the implementation of the declaration. Given the focus on colonialism, independence, and foreign interests, I hypothesize that the text is most closely related to the themes of international relations, politics, and human rights.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade