Swit.erlaneS, 421introduced adraftresolution (E/1989/L.36) entitled "Question of theconvening ofaUnitedNations conf.....nceonenvironment aneSdevelopment". Sub.equently, theFederal ~,public ofOermany andNewZealand joinedinIponsoring thedraftresolution. 211.Atthe35thplenary meetiug, on26JUly,theVice-Prelident oftheCouncil, Mr.FelipeH.ctorPaolillo (Uruguay), informed theCouncil ofthereeulte ofthe informal consultation. heldonthedraftresolution. 212.Atthesamem.etiug, theCounc.il adopted thedraftresolution. Forthefinal text,seeCouncil resolution 1989/87. 213.BeforethedrAftre.olution wa.adopted, therepresentative ofFrancemadea statement onbehalfoftheStatesMembers oftheUnitedNation. thataremembers of theEuropean Economic CommunitYI afterthQdraftre.olution wa.adopted, .tatement. wertmadebytherepresentative ofBra.ilandtheobserver forAustralia. 7.De.ertification Anddrought 111 214.TheCouncil con.ieSered the9uestion ofde.ertification anddroughtatit• •econdregular.e.sion (agenda item7(9».It~adbeforeitthefollowing documentll (a)ReportoftheSecretary-Oeneral oncountries stricken bydesertification anddrought inAfrica (A/44/296-E/1989/81), (b)ReportoftheAdmini.trator oftheUnitedNation. Development Programme ontheactivities oftheUnitedNation. Sudano-Sahelian Office (DP/1989/50)1 (c)ReportoftheSecretary-Oeneral ontheimplementation ofOeneral A••emuly re.olutions 42/189A,8andConthePlanofAction ~oCombatDe.ertification (E/1989/L.27). 111 111ForthefinAlreport, .e~A/44/351-E/1989/122. -69-215.TbeCouncil allocated theitemtotheFir.t(Economic) Committee, which con.idered itatit.19th,20th,21.t,23rd,24thand25thmeeting., on14, 17, 19, 20and21July1989. 216.Atit.19th,20thend21.tmeeting••on14and17July,theCommittee helda generaldi.cu.sion onthequestions otdesertification anddrought, environment and tran.port ofdangerous good.(.eepara.195above). 217.Atit.19thmeeting, on14July,theCommittee heardanintroductory .tatement ontheque.tion otde..rtification anddrought, bytheDeputyDirector ofthe UnitedNations Sudano-Sahelian Office. 218.Atthe19th,20thand21stmeeting•••t~tements weremadeonthethr.e que.tion. bytherepre.entative. ofanumberofcountrie. (.e.paral.197-199 above)• PlanofActiontoCombatDe.ertification 219.Atthe23rdmeeting, on19July,theob.erver forMauritania, lalintroduced a draftre.olution (E/1989IC.1/L.13), entitled "PlanofActiontoCDmbat Oe.ertification". 220.Atth.24thmeetinq, on20July,theSecretary ofth~Committee inZormed the Committee that,duringinforlfla1 con.ultations, ithadbeenagreedthatthedraft resolution shouldberevised aBfolloWl1 (a)Attheendofthethir.:\preambular paragraph, thewordl"whichwa. dhtributed withconliderab1e delayinalllanguages" weredeleted/ (b)Afterthethirdpreambular paragraph, anewpreambular paragraph wa. in.ertsd, readingl "li.o..t..1.Dgthatthedelayintheavallabllit~ ofdocumentation puventod the Council fromgivingfullconsideration tothis qu.~tion"l (c)Operative paragraph 2wa.deleted;itreadl "2.lAY.l.tu theExecutive Director oftheUnitedNationl Environment Programme tolubmit, withinexisting relources, thereportl ofthe Con.ultative GroupforDe.ertification Control, totheGeneral As.embly etit. forty-fourth se.lion", 221.Atthesamemeeting, theCommittee adopted thedraftre.olution, alorally revhed. 222.TheCouncil, atits36thplenary meeting, on27July,adopted thedraft relolution recommended bytheCommittee (£/1989/140, para.24,draft relolution I).Forthefinaltext,seeCouncil resolution 1989/102. C2Yntries .tricken bfdo.ertification anddrought inAfrica 223.Atthe24thmeeting, on20July,theobserver forSenogal, 121onbehalfof Cameroon, Denmark, Ethiopia, lalGuinea, Mauritania, ZQIMorocco, lalNorwai' lwanda, Senegal, iQlSomalia, Sweden ZQIandYugollavia, introduced adraft -70-r••olution (1/1989/C.I/L.l.) .ntitled "Countri•••trick.n byde.ertifieation and droughtinAfrioa". Sub..quently, Canada, Egypt,IQIFranoe, theFederal Republic ofaermany, Malay.ia, 101theNetherland., theNiger,theSyrianArabRepublic, IQI Tuni.ia andZambiajoinedin.pon.oring thedraft re.olut~on. 224.Atthe25thmeeting, on21July,theSecretary oftheCommittee informed the Committ.e that,duringinformal con.ultationl, ithadb.enagre.dthatthedraft r••olution .houldberevi.edalfolloWl1 (a)Afterthefourthpr.ambular paragraph, anewpreambula~ paragrftph wa. in.erted, readingl "'rakingnot.oftheinten.t IhoWllattheParilEconomic Summit, in1989, inmatter. relating tothecontrol ofde.ertification and,inparticular, in theplantoeatabli.h aSahelob..rvatory",
**Analysis**
The text discusses the United Nations' efforts to address desertification and drought in Africa, as well as the implementation of a plan of action to combat desertification. It also touches on the topic of environment and sustainable development. Given the focus on environmental issues and sustainable development, I hypothesize that the most fitting category would be a combination of Natural resources and environment and Economic development.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Economic development