Council that it decide to: "approve the application by Qatar and the Syrian Arab Republic for membership in the Sub-Commission". "approve the application by Bahrain for membership in the Sub-Commission." 2. In operative paragraph 1 of the draft resolution on the working languages of the Sub-Commission, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs would further recommend to the Economic and Social Council that it: "decides that the Sub-Commission shall use both English and Arabic as its working languages for future sessions". B. Relationship of proposed request to approved programme of work 3. The decision of the Economic and Social Council would relate to chapter 7, section II, programme 1 (Division of Narcotic Drugs), subprogramme 3 (Supply and demand reduction), the objectives and strategy for which are outlined in paragraph 7.29 (e) of the medium-term plan for the period 1984-1989, as extended to 1991. a/, b/ 4. Activities related to those envisaged in the draft decisions are contained in programme elements 1.2(i) (Commission secretariat services and related activities arising from resolutions and decisions of legislative * For the text of the draft decisions, which originally appeared in the reports of the Sub-Commission on its twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sessions (E/CN.7/1990/3 and Corr.1 and E/CN.7/1990/12), see chapter I, section B, draft decisions I and II. For the discussion, see paragraph 131 above. ** For the text of the draft resolution, which originally appeared in the report of the Sub-Commission on its twenty-fifth session (E/CN.7/1990/3 and Corr.1), see chapter I, section A, draft resolution III. For the discussion, see paragraph 130 above. - 45 - organs) 3.1(iii) (Monitoring illicit drug traffic and facilitation of co-ordinated international countermeasures) of section 20B (International drug control, Division of Narcotic Drugs) and in paragraph 20.2 of section 20A (International Drug Control, Policy-making organs) and section 29D (Conference 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the membership of countries in a sub-commission related to drug control, and the working languages of that sub-commission. It also mentions the objectives and strategy for reducing supply and demand of narcotics. Given the focus on drug control and the mention of the Division of Narcotic Drugs, it is likely that this text falls under a category related to health and international cooperation.

**Category**
Health, International trade