crisis, in order to dra, unilateral benefits, and to impose restrictions andlnfluence the decislon-making process in those countries,A/ 40/s96 Engl i stt Page 5 15. In their replies the Governments of the soclalist countries of Eastern Europe stateal that dlscrininatory econonic sanctions and other kinds of coercive measures nere being imposed with polltlcal rnotives by 6ome developed countries or their groupinq"-"q"inst bottr aevefopinq antl sociaiist countries' certain developed countries ttere at times trying to impose coercive measures upon countries of tbeir iri qrouping. In thi6 connection, one of lhe socialist countries of Eastern Europe concludedEhatatpresentnocountrywaginsuredagalnstthepossibilitythatsome kinal of economic sanctlon or other discriminatory ..."ut. t{ould be used-against it for purely poritical reasons anal that this tlrreai had become a peroanent factor in the current atmosphere of-international trade and economic relations' The sociali6tcountriesotEasternEuropeintheirrepllesstressedtha!attheir economic summlt in June 1984, the nember st"tt" oi the council for uutual Econornic Assistance (CMEA) hatl adopteal a declaration entitled "Safeguarding peace and international economic co-operati.on", in which fhey tejected "every,form of exploitatlon and any attempt to intervene in the internat affalrs of other counEries and expJ.oit economic contacts as a means of political pressure "'n' They further declared that o... every method of economic aggresslon' such as the useorthreatofembargo,boycot!ort'ade,creditan.ltechnologicalblockade' should be excluded from the practice of international relationsn. They also stated that they did not apply econ;mic measures capable of exerting political and economic pressure on otber countries' 16.UNCTADprovi.le.ldet'ailedexplanationsandaclasgificatlonofinstrunentsof economic coercion. According to its reply, neconooic sanctions" signify any particular type of punitive restriction on economic relations between States and embrace the notions of nembargon, "boycotE'r and I'blockade"' "Embargo" may be tlefined as a {neasure to curtail one countryts economlc relatlons with one or several other countries by prohibiting the conduct of sales operations in Ehe nationat products of 6uch a country or countrtes' "Embargo" may further be classified as traale embarqo, financial embargo and embargo on services and'
**Analysis**
The text discusses the imposition of economic sanctions and restrictions by developed countries on socialist countries of Eastern Europe, as well as the reactions of these countries to such measures. The text also mentions the concept of "economic coercion" and provides definitions of various types of economic sanctions. Given the focus on economic relations, restrictions, and sanctions, it is likely that the text falls under the categories related to international trade and economic development.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development