"Th.Economic opdSosialCouncil, "R.calling General Alllemb1y re.olution 40/179of17December 1985on pattern. ofcon8umption, "Haying ConPid.nd the!!orldECOpomic Sury.y. lllBRandtheview8 e.pre••eddurin;thegener.ldilcullion ofinternational economic andlocia1 policy, inclUding re;ional andlector.l developmentl, .tit••econdre;u1ar ••••ionof1ge9, "Concern.d bytheworsenin; economic Pituation ofthedevelopiDljl countrie., theli;nificant decline inlivin;condition., theincrea8in9 poverty ofalargenumberofp.opleandtheinadequate perform.nce ofthem.in 80cialindicator. intho••countrie., I1Inaccordance withrule72oftherule.ofprocedure oftheEconomic and SocialCouncil. -25-"Aw.I.Uofth.clol'illt.rr.1aUl)nlhip betw••n.conomic andlocia1iacton inth.d.ve10pm.nt proo.ll, "1.B.goUMD.ndl th"tth.G.n.ral A..emb1y,atitlI.orty-fourth 1.1I1.1.0n, und.ranaqendaitem.'r.t1t1ed "Soclal development", addrellth.relationlhip betwe.n .conomic andeocialfactorlinthed.v.lopment proclll andconlid.r waYIandmean.offOlte~inq the.conomic andlocial d.v.lopm.n~ ofd.v.lopinq countrie. throuqhinternational oo-op.rationl "2.I'§lu.nl theSec.:.t.ary-G.n.ral toinclude inth.WorldIggpomig~aler-arat. ohapt.r oontaininq anIn-d.pth r.vi.wandanalYli. ofthe impactof~h.world.oonomio lituation, inpartioular t.h••xt.rnald.bt or1l1l, 011thepoUtioal andloohldtuaUon ofth.d.v.lopinq oountr.l.el." 71.Atthe37thm••tinq,on28July,theVic••Pr.cid.nt ofth.Council, Mr.'elip.HeotorPaolillo (Uruquay), introduoed adraftr'lolution (1/1989/L.47) .ntitl.d "Int.rrelationlhip b.tw••n.conomic andloala1factors fordevolopment", lubmitt.d ontheba.iloftheinformal coneultationl h.ldondraftr••olution 1/1989/L.34. 72.Atthe.amem.etinq, ther.prel.ntative ofGhanapropo••danam.ndment to op.rativ. paraqrapb 2ofthedraftrelolutlon call1nq fortheaddition oftheword. "andrapidly"'terioratinq commocUty pric....atterthewordl''In<:ludlnq external bdebtedn..."• 73.r0110winq aItatem.nt bytherepr••entativ. ofN.wZealand, ther.pr'I,ntatlv. ofGhanawithdrew tb.propol.d am.ndm.nt toth.~raftr'lolution. 74.Atitl37thm••tinq,theCouncil adoptlddraftr'lolutlon E/l989/L.~1. ror thefinaltext,I"Council r••o1ution 1989/113. 75.Intheliqhtoftheadoption ofdraftr.lolution E/19S9/L.47, draftr'lolution 1/1989/L.34 walwitbdrawn. 75.Aft.rthedraftr.lolution waladopt.d, ther.pr.lentativ. ofGhanlmadea Itat.em.nt. DOgum'Ptl go»lid.r.d bytheIgg»omig apdGoAlalCoupgil iptQpp.gtigp yitbtb. g.».r.l di,gY"1QD pCipt.r»ltio»ll ,coDqm1Q Ipd'09111P91igy. 1P91yd1pg r.g1ppl1 Ipd••gtor.ld.y.lo;m.ot. 77.Atitl37thm••tinq,on28July,onthepropola1 ofthePr••ld.nt,theCouncil tooknoteofthedocumeut. con,ider.d byitinconnection withit,q.n.ra1 di.cu.,ion ofint.rnationa1 economic andlocia1policy, includinq reqional and lectoral dev.10pm.nt. (Council d.cllion 1989/182). -25-Chapter IXI auES~tONS CONSIDERED DI'ECTLY INPLENARY MEETING A.IMPLEflIZNTATION orTlfllPROORAMMIl OFACTION FORTilIlSIlCOND DECADE TOCOMBAT RACISM ANDRACIALDISCRIMINATION 1.TheCounoil oonaidered thequ~.tion oftbeimplementation oftheProqramme of AotionfortheSecondDecadetoCombatRaei,mandRaoialDi!crimination atita firstreqular....ionot· (lqel1dl item2).Ithidbeforeitthereportofthe Secretlry-General onthe","'yJ.ementation oftheProqunvne ofActionfortheSeoond DeoldetoCombatRaci,mandRaoialDi.crimin.tion (1/1989/42 andAdd.1-3) andthe notebytheSecretary-General ontheqlobalcon.ultation onracismIndracial dilcrimination (1/1~89/48). 2.TheCouncil con.idered theitematit.5th,9thto12thand16thmeetinq., on 2,12,15,1&,22and24May1989. Anaccount ~tthedilcus.ion i.contained in therelevant lummary recordl (1/1989/SR.5, 9-12and16). 3.Atit.5thand9thto11thmeetinq" theCouncil heldaqeneraldi.cu,.ion on theitem.Atit.5thmeetinq, on2May,itbeardanintroductory Itatemellt bytbe Under-Secretary-Oeneral forHumanRi9ht•• 4.Atthe9thme.tinq, on12May,statementl WBremadebytherepre.entative. of theUkrainian SovietSocia1i,t Republic, Bu1qaril, IraqandJordanandthe ob.erver. forSpain(onbebalfoftbeState.Member. oftbeUnitedNation,thatare memberl oftheEuropean Economic Community), theRepublic ofKorea and the Byeloru••ianSovietSociali,t Republic. Theob.erver fortheWorldFederation of TradeUninn,allomadea,tatement. 5.Atthe10thmeetin9, on15May••tatement, weremadebytherepre.entative, of Japan,Bra.il, India,China,Greece,SriLanka,theBahama., YU90s1avia, Canadl, France, Kenya,theUnionofSovietSociali.t Republic., C.echowlovakia, theLibl'an ArabJamahiliya, Indonesia, Vene.uela andTuni.ia andtheob.erver, for'akiltan, Banqlade.h, Finland (onbehalfoftheNordic c~untries), theUnitedRepublir. of Tanlania a~dAustria.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Economic and Social Council, discussing the implementation of a program to combat racism and racial discrimination. It also touches on economic and social development, international cooperation, and the impact of the global economic situation on developing countries. The text mentions various countries and international organizations, indicating a focus on international relations and cooperation.

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