Drugswould beina Istantly .yand lingand :lyinits :ic Other :ationof )ticDrugs iagreed :ssand Irdonorsto General IUtunfunded .ssueof rencies, and :edNations Ifthe :0advise :he .onsstated butthey lanism .onwiththe :0define :rolunits andimprove Ihtedthe .sionofresponsibilities amongthethreeunitswasindeednecessary. Inthatregardthe designation oftheUnder-Secretary-General forPolitical andGeneral Assembly Affairs tooversee co-ordination andtomobilize thesystem-wide effortwas strongly supported. Itwashopedthatunderhisguidance acleardivision of responsibilities amongthethreeunitswouldbeachieved. 484.Inresponse toaquestion onthescopeofthemandate giventotheOfficeof theUnder-Secretary-General forPolitical andGeneral Assembly Affairs, a representative ofthatOfficeexplained thattheSecretary-General hadrecognized theneedforbothimprOVed co-ordination andco-operation system-wide, andthatthe responsibility andtheco-ordinating rolegiveninMay1984tothe Under-Secretary-General weredescribed indetailindocument ST/SGB/203 of 24May1984. Healsostatedthatthetermsofreference ofthethreeunits responsible fordrugcontrol werebeingrevised. Withregardtotheconcern expressed bydelegations aboutlackofintegrated effort, heinformed theCommittee thatthequestion ofincreasing thesystem-wide effortintheareaofdrugabuse control hadalready beenincluded intheagendaoftheAdministrative Committee on Co-ordination foritssession inOctober 1985. Hereiterated thattheevaluation reportdidnotcovertheperiodsincethatrolehadbeenassigned tothe Under-Secretary-General. Hestatedthatadditional stepshadalready beentakenin theareaofco-ordination amongthethreeunits. TheCommittee wasalsoinformed thataseniorofficial intheOfficeoftheUnder-Secretary-General hadbeen assigned tofollowproblems inthedrugcontrol programme. 485.Whilesatisfaction wasexpressed withtheJIUreportanditwasconsidered to begoodandusefUl, afewdelegations expressed reservations about recommendations 4and5.Regarding recommendation 4,itwasfeltthatthe SecretarY-General shouldretainhisrighttodecidewhoshouldrepresent himatthe inter-agency meetings ondrugcontrol andthesessions oftheCommission on Narcotic Drugs. Thelanguage ofrecommendation 5wasconsidered tobe paternalistic tothedeveloping countries. B.Triennial reviewoftheimplementation ofthe recommendations oftheCommittee onthe prOgramme ontransnational corporations 1.Introduction 486.Atits27thand36thmeetings, on15and20May,theCommittee considered the reportoftheSecretary-General onthetriennial reviewoftheimplementation of therecommendations madebytheCommittee atitsnineteenth session onthe programme ontransnational corporations (E/AC.51/l985/5). Fortheconclusions and recommendations oftheCommittee, seeparagraphs 743-748 below• 487.TheExecutive Director oftheUnitedNations ce~treonTransnational Corporations statedthattheevaluation studysubmitted totheCommittee in1979 hadpointed outshortcomings intheprogramme andprovided anexternal impetus to correct them.TheCommittee's recommendations basedontheevaluation study,which heregarded asfar-reaching, hadbeentakenseriously bythecentreandusedto redirect itsactivities. 488.Inintroducing thetriennial review, therepresentative ofthe SecretarY-General referred toherstatement onthemethodology ofthetriennial -103-2.Discussion -l04~489.Therepresentative oftheSecretary-General informed theCommittee thatmore than80percentoftheCommittee1s recommendations hadbeenimplemented, although therewasavariation inthedegreetowhichtheyhadbeenimplemented. Itwas alsopointed outthattheCentrehadtakenmeasures toimplement allthe recommendations thatdidnotrequire actionbyintergovernmental bodies. While recognizing theprogress madebytheCentreinimplementing therecommendations, therepresentative oftheSecretary-General drewtheattention oftheCommittee to theareaswherefurther improvement wasneeded. Asinthecaseofthetriennial reviewofthemanufactures programme, amongthegeneral problems described inthe reportwasaquestion ofthedetermination ofpriorities between themandates given bydifferent intergovernmental bodies. Inthecaseoftheprogramme on transnational corporations, difficulties hadarisenbetweenpriorities for activities established bytheCommission onTransnational Corporations, ontheone hand,andthemandates oftheregional commissions, ontheother.reviewofthemanufactures programme (E/AC.5l/l985/l0) andstatedthatthesame
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report on the activities of the United Nations, specifically related to drug control and the implementation of recommendations made by a committee on transnational corporations. The text discusses the coordination of efforts among different units and the need for improved cooperation. It also mentions the review of a program on transnational corporations and the implementation of recommendations made by a previous committee.

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Health, International trade