UNITED )NATTONS General AssemblY GENERAL A/39/e5L1l septenber 198 5 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Thirty-ninlh session Agenda item 129 REPORT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFTING OF AN INTERNATIONAI, COUWUTTOII AGAINST THE RECRUITMENT' USE, FINANCING AND TRAINING OF MERCENARIES nof mernbers theHoc Conmr t.on Ehe Drafof an Inte rna!onal Convent ron a lnsclhe Recru1t, use and I'[ercenar les Note by the Sec re tary-Gene ral I. rn paragraph L ot resolution 35/48 of 4 December l98O' the General Assembly clecided to escablish an gl-ggs ComnltEee on the Drafting of an International convenEi.on against tn" n;;ii-i. t,ne.,t, use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries' composed of 35 Mernber ,aua.=. In paragraph 2 of lhat resol-ution' the General Assernbly requested the President of the Assembly' after due consultation eith the chairnen of the regionaL qroupsr Eo appoint the nembers of the connilEee on the basis of eguitable geographical distribution and representing lhe principal leqal systens of che wor Id. 2. On I May 1.985' the Permanent RepresentaEive of onan' in his capaclty as chairmanoftheAsianGroupfortnerrnnchofMay,infornedthePresidentofthe General Assembly that the 'croup haa endorsed the candidature of viet Nan for the lastremainingseatal}otEedforttleAsianGrouponthe4l-!glcommit|ee(see annex) . 3. By a connunicatron of 3 september 1985, the Presiden! of the General Assenbly inforned the secre ta ry-General lnat, taring into accoun! the note verbale of lhe Permanenl RepresentaEive of ornanr he had appointed viet Nam as a menber of lhe Ad Hoc Commi ttee. 8s-24680 I724m (E)A/39/95r Engl ish Page 2 4. As a resulE of the above appointnent, the Ad Hoc ConmitEee on the Draftinq ofan International convention against tne necru i tilill-Use , Financing and Traini;9 otMercenaries is now cornposed of Ehe followinq 35 Menber States: Alge r j.a Angola Bangladesh Ba rbados Bulga r ia Canada Cuba Democratic yenen Ethiopia France
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This text appears to be related to international law and diplomacy, specifically discussing the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee to draft an international convention against the recruitment, use, financing, and training of mercenaries. The text is formal and procedural, outlining the composition of the committee and the appointment of its members.

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