and we· are-sure that this year---thi&-body-wil-l··be· able to achieve-:-practicai· ·:resUlts· in curbing the arms race and on disarmament. I should also like to offer our.thanks to the outgoing Chairman of the F~rs~ Commi~tee., the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United ·Nations; as well as · · · to the other outgoing officers • . The CHAIRMAN: J: look forward to the very active cc:;>.-operation of the Vice-Chairmen of the Committee~-- and I am sure that I can count. on their -as_sistan_c~­ and their. close co-operat·ion. The election of the Rapporteur of the Committee will. take place at a later meeting. ORGANIZATION OF WORK The CHAIRMAN: I draw the attention of.the members of the Committee to docUm.ent A/C.l/38/1, dated 28 September 1983;·containing the letter·dated 23 September 1983 addressed to me by the President of _the General Assembly RM/6/ed A/C.l/3B/PV.2 22 (The Chairman) and informing me that the General Committee, at its 4th meeting, decided to -allocate 27 agenda it.ems to the First ·_Commiitee for it~-consider~tion. -~ ;, wo• ••~ •' In order to be able to submit a-work-programme-to the First Committee for approval by all members of the Committee I _have taken particular account of the time limitation the Commi~~e~ faces~ According to established_practice.tne w• • ·w,. •• ,.,, •• ·-·: ';"" • • ' ' • ''' ' First Committee will begin its substantive work only after the conclusion of the general debate in the General Assembly, which is scheduled for 17 October 1983. On the other hand, the Committee should not go beyond the cut-off date suggested by the General Ass~mbly, that is, 9 December. The~e lkitati.ons leav~ the Committee . - with a period extending from 17 October to 9. December; -during which the Committee should be able to cover its rather. heavy.w?rkloa~·-
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a meeting transcript or report from the United Nations First Committee, focusing on the organization of work and the allocation of agenda items. It does not mention specific economic or social issues, but rather procedural matters. This suggests that the category might be related to international relations or governance.

**Category**
International relations