vacancies for the terms specified. Having obtained the required majority, Australia, It was so decided.** Italy and the United States of America were elected 32. The PRESIDENT said that the Secretariat had members of the Commission on the Status of Women been informed by the Group of Western European for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 1987. and other States that the United States of America wished to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Working Group and that the candidacy of the Netherlands had been proposed to serve the remain­ der of the United States term, which would end on 31 December 1988. If he heard no objection, he would take it that the Council wished to elect the Nether­ lands by acclamation to fill that vacancy for the term specified. It was so decided.** 33. The PRESIDENT suggested that, unless there were any additional candidacies for the vacancies in the Intergovernmental Working Group, elections to fill the remaining vacancies should be postponed to a future session. It was so decided.** COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (E/1986/L.l) 34. The PRESIDENT invited the Council to elect 11 members of the Commission on the Status of Women for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 1987. 35. Ms. KIMBALL (Assistant Secretary of the Council) said that the following candidates had been proposed by their regional groups: Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon and Zaire for the three vacancies to be filled by African States; Bangladesh and the Philippines for the two vacancies to be filled by Asian States; Czechoslovakia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the two vacancies to be filled by Eastern European States; Mexico for the vacancy to be filled by the Latin American and Caribbean States; and Australia, Italy, the United Kingdom of 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report on the United Nations Council's decisions regarding the election of members to various organizations, specifically the Commission on the Status of Women. The language used is formal and official, suggesting a diplomatic or international context. The text does not mention any specific economic, industrial, or environmental issues, which leads me to believe that it is not related to those categories.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education