NITED TIONS GeneralAssembly Distr, GENERAL A/ 44/957 25 .lune 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Forty-fourth sessiou Agenda item I ADOPTTON OF THE AGENDA AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK Note by the Secretary-General. 1. The sec retary-General has the honour to bring to the attentio' of the membersof the ceneral Assenbly the attached. letter dated 2s Juae 1990 addressed to thaPresident of the cenerar Assenbr.y by the pernanent Representative of pakistaa tothe United Nations (see annex). 2. In order to enabl€ the General Assefibly to consider the requeat, referred toin the annex betow, it will be Decessary to reope! ageada iten 88 (a), entitl.ed"special economic and disaster relief assistance: (i) Speciaf prograrnrnu" ofecononic assistancei,'. 90-15606 162a9 (E)NITED ATIONS A GeneralAssembly Distr. GENERAL A/44/957 ?5June1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Forty-fourth session Agenda item8 ADOPTION OFTHEAGENDA ANDORGANIZATION OFWORK NotebytheSecretary General 1.TheSecretary-General hasthehonour tobringtotheattention ofthemembersoftheGeneral Assembly theattached letter dated25June1990addressed tothePresident oftheGeneral Assembly bythePermanent Representative ofPakistan totheUnited Nations (seeannex). 2.Inordertoenable theGeneral Assembly toconsider therequest, referred to intheannexbelow,itwillbenecessary toreopen agenda item88(a),entitled"Special economic anddisaster relief assistance: (a)Special programmes ofeconomic assistance;". 90-15606 l624g(E)/... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAl44/957 English Page 2 ANNEX Letter dated 25 June 1990 addressed to the President of the General. Assernbly by the Permanent ReDresentative of PakistaB to the United Nations Iu ny caPacity as the Chairnan of the Asian Group for June 1990' I have the honour to inform you that the Asia! Group at its meetllg totlay decided to request you to coDven€ a meetilg of the forty-fourth sessiotr of the General' Assembly in order to consider, utder iten 88 of its ag€lda, energency assistance to ths Islanic Republic of Iraa follol'ilg the devastating earthquaLe lthich slruck that country La6t seek. In view of the losa of life aad nassive destruction causeal by tbe earthquate,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to a request for emergency assistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran following a devastating earthquake. The request is made by the Asian Group and is related to economic assistance, indicating that the category is likely related to economic development or humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Economic development