4.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeitaworking paperprepared bytheSecretariat containing irlformation ondevelopmentsconcerning theTerritory (A/AC.I09/653).1.Atitsl184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestionsrelating totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman(A/AC.l09/L.l385 andCorr.l), theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,totakeup thequestion ofNamibia asaseparate itemandtoconsideritatitsplenarymeetings. 12. dra a s of11. cor 14. the the to wer of wel7. aS 119 13. con of10. con dev and of8. bet .Uni at Tan Ven and {AI 9. age of mee Uni 119 119 i.,5.1 CHAPTER VIII* 5.Inconformity withtheprovisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutionsand·inaccordance withestablished practice, theSpecial Committee, inconsultationwiththeOrganization ofAfrican Unity(OAU),invited thenational liberationmovement ofNamibia, theSouthWestAfricaPeople's Organization (Slo1APO), toparticipate inanobserver capacity initsconsideration oftheitem.Inresponsetotheinvitation, arepresentative ofSWAPOparticipated intherelevantproceedings oftheCommittee (seepara.7below). 6.Inaccordance withestablished practice, theActingPresident oftheUnitedNations Council forNamibia participated intheworkoftheSpecial Committeerelating toth~item.TheActingPresident oftheCouncil addressed theCommitteeatitsll89thmeeting, on6August(A/AC.109/PV.1l89).3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticularresolution 35/227Acnthesituation inNamibiaresulting fromtheillegal.occupation oftheTerritory bySouthAfricaandresolution 35/119ofIIDecember 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12ofresolution 35/119,theAssembly requested thecommittee "tocontinue toseeksuita.blemeansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneral Assemblyresolution l5l4(XV)inallTerritories whichhavenotyetattained independenceand,inparticular: .••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination oftheremaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereontotheGeneralAssembly atitsthirty-sixth sessionil•Further, theCommittee alsotookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11December 1980containiLg thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples.TheCommittee alsopaiddueattention totherelevant resolutions oftheSecurityCouncil concerning Namibia andtothereports anddecisions oftheUnitedNationsCouncil forNamibia.NAMIBIA A.Consideration bytheSpecial Co~ttee~==-'-~'''''-~='''''''''''.''.''",c,.•.•_~=c'; .._~''''.Rd!iJ<i,~-'''''''''-,~'''''':;;;a;n_1>tkWi _.­ I I \ *Previously issuedunderthesymbolA/36/23 (PartIV). -115-.----------------------~~=""~~. ·-""~'C~ _ [ L, f7.Mr.Theo-Ben Gurirab, Permanent Observer ofSWAPOtotheUnitedNations, made 'astatement atthe1189thmeeting, on6August (A/AC.I09/PV.1189), andatthe 1195thmeeting, on14August (A/AC.I09/PV.1195). 8.Thegeneral debateonthe'itemtookplaceatthe1189thto1193rd meetings~ between 6and12August. Thefollowing MemberStatestookpartinthedebate: the .UnionofSovietSocialist Republics, Ethiopia~ Indonesia, China,Tunisia andIran atthe1190thmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1190); Bulgaria, theUnitedRepublic of Tanzania, CubaandCzechoslovakia atthe1191stmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1191); Venezuela~ SierraLeoneandYugoslavia, atthe1192ndmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1192); andAfghanistan andtheSyrianArabRepublic atthe1193rdmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1193). 9.Inthecourseoftheconsideration oftheitemconcerning thespecialized agencies, statements relating totheitemwerealso ~nadebytherepresentatives oftheFoodandAgriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations (FAO)atthe1192nd meeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1192); theInternational Labour Organisatio~ (ILO)andthe UnitedNations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) atthe 1193rdmeeting (~/AC.109/PV.1193); andtheWorldHealthOrganization (~rno)atthe 1194thmeeting (A/AC.I09/PV.1l94). 10.Atthe1193rdmeeting, on12August, theChairman dre1·Tattention toadraft consensus ontheitem(A/AC.I09/L.1409), prepared onthebasisofthelatest developments concerning theTerritory, aswellastheviewsexpressed bymembers andbytherepresentative ofSWAPOduringthecourseoftheCommittee's discussion oftheitem. 11.Atthe1194thmeeting, on13August, theChairman drewattention toa corrigendum (A/AC.I09/L.1409/Corr.l) tothedraftconsensus (seepara.10above). 12.Atthesamemeeting, theChairman submitted orallyfurther corrections tothe
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the consideration of the situation in Namibia by the Special Committee of the United Nations. The report discusses the development of the Territory, the participation of the national liberation movement of Namibia, and the consideration of relevant General Assembly resolutions and Security Council resolutions. The text also mentions the statements made by representatives of various countries and specialized agencies during the consideration of the item. Based on this, it seems that the category would be related to international relations, politics, or governance.

**Category**
International relations