twenty-fifth session, and thatthe recommendations of the Comwieeion on the report be submitted to the Council at its first regular seesion of 19891 the results of the Council’s consideration thereon to be presented to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session (resolution 1987/G). At its first regular aearion of 1989, the Economic and Social Council endorsed the work undertaken by the United Rations Research Inotitute for Social Development and the Statistical Office pursuant to raaolution 401179 of the General Assembly and urged interested donors to provide extrabudgetary funds to support the case-studies undertaken by the Inetitute, as well a6 to enable the convening of a meeting of high-level experts on development indicators, in order to review the rerults of work in progress on the topic (resolution 198914). At its forty-fourth session, 1981 the General Aa6embly endorsed Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/4 and tbe objectives set out in itr recognised that the identification of indicative patterns of consumption and the development of qualitative indicators of development would ba extremely useful in the evaluation of the progress achieved in the implementation of the international development strategy and would make a substantial contribution to the work of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: and requested the A/45/100 English Page 232 Secretary-General to invite the Institute to submit a preliminary progress report on the implementation of the resolution and Economit! and Social Council resolution 198914 for submission to the Assembly at its forty-fifth session (resolution 441234). Document t Note by the Secretary-General (resolution 44/234). .for deve&2pmmL At its forty-fourth session, J.Q&/ the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on current international monetary issues (A/44/631), the annex to which contained updated information on recent proposals for convening an international conference on monetary and financial issues (decision 441449). 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing international development strategies, economic indicators, and the work of the United Nations in these areas. It mentions the development of qualitative indicators of development, the evaluation of progress in implementing international development strategies, and the convening of a meeting of high-level experts on development indicators. These topics suggest that the category should be related to economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade