consultative meetings and country sector reviews have been instrumental in idel.tifying areas of programme w8aknesses, particularly in peri-urban sanitation and rural water supply and sanitation. 66. Consultations with multilateral and bilateral external support agencies were conducted with a view to strengthening co-ordination of approach88 and co-operation in the implementation of programmes. A meeting convened jointly by WHG and the Federal Republic of Germany in KGnigswinter in 1984 provided an opportunity for information exchaaqe and dialogue on external support experience and measures to be taken in order to improve the efficacy of development assistance. Subsequently, a meeting convened by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation anJ Development (OECD) in Paris in 1985 produced a convergence of views among participants as to the principal constraints to progress in the sector, and on ways of addressing them. A third meeting in 1987 at Interlaken, Switzerland, convened jointly by the Swiss Government a.ld WHO, produced a proposal for a framework for global co-operation beyond the Decade, which was adopted at a fourth consultation Convened by the Government of the Netherlands in The Hague in November 1908. As part of this framework, a 1990 Committee was est.blished to define strategies for the next decade. A first meeting of the CoII%%l\ittee took place in Paris in December of 1038, and a second meeting was hosted by WHO in Geneva in June of 1989. A meeting cf the Collaborative Council was hosted by the French Government in Sophia Antipolis in November of 1989- and focused its attention on issues related to the provision of sustainable water supply and sanitation services to poor urban and rural population, wate: r8sourc8s management and environmental issues, and the generation of financial resources. /. . .A/45/‘327 English Page 19 67. A number of important regional meetings took place during the second half of
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international cooperation and development efforts in the water and sanitation sector, with a focus on identifying areas of weakness, strengthening coordination, and addressing constraints to progress. The meetings and consultations mentioned involve various governments, international organizations, and agencies, suggesting a focus on global cooperation and development.

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Health, Natural resources and environment