1.Thepresent reportoftheUnitedNations Commission onInternational TradeLaw coverstheCommission's eighteenth session, heldatVienna, from3to21June1985. 2.Pursuant toGeneral Assembly resolution 2205 (XXI) of17December 1966,this reportissubmitted totheAssembly andisalsosubmitted forcomments tothe UnitedNations Conference onTradeandDevelopment. -1-CHAPTER I ORGANIZATION OFTHESESSION A.Opening 3.TheUnited Nations Commission onInternational TradeLaw(UNCITRAL) commenced itseighteenth session on3June1985. Thesession wasopened onbehalfofthe Secretary-General by Mr.Carl-August Fleischhauer, Under-Secretary-General, the LegalCounsel. B.Membership andattendance 4.General Assembly resolution 2205(XXI)established theCOmmission witha membership of29States, elected bytheAssembly. Byresolution 3108(XXVIII), the General Assembly increased themembership oftheCOmmission from29to36States• Thepresent members oftheCOmmission, elected on 9November 1979and 15November 1982,arethefollowing States:1/ Algeria,** Australia,** Austria,** Brazil,** Central African Republic,** China,** Cuba,*Cyprus,* Czechoslovakia,* Egypt,** France,** German Democratic Republic,** Germany, Federal Republic of,*Guatemala,* Hungary,* India,* Iraq,*Italy,* Japan,** Kenya,* Mexico,** Nigeria,** Peru,*Philippines,* Senegal,* Sierra Leone,* Singapore,** Spain,* Sweden,** Trinidad andTobago,* Uganda,* UnionofSovietSocialist Republics,** United Kingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland,** UnitedRepublic ofTanzania,** UnitedStates of~erica* andYugoslavia.* *Termofofficeexpires onthedaybeforetheopening oftheregular session oftheCommission in1986. ** Term ofofficeexpires onthedaybeforetheopening oftheregular session oftheCOmmission in1989. 5.Withtheexception oftheCentral African Republic, Senega~, Trinidad and Tobago andUganda, allmembers oftheCOmmission wererepresented atthesession. 6.Thesession wasalsoattended byobservers fromthefollowing States: Argentina, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SovietSocialist Republic, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Dominican Republic, Finland, Greece, Guinea, HolySee,Indonesia, Iran(Islamic Republic of),IvoryCoast, Kuwait, Lebanon, Netherlands, Norway, Oman,Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukrainian SovietSocialist Republic, Venezuela andZaire. -2-•7.Thefollowing international organizations wererepresented byobservers: (a)UnitedNations bodies Economic Commission forEurope UnitedNations Conference onTradeandDevelopment UnitedNations Industrial Development Organization * * * International TradeCentre (UNCTAD/GATT) (b)Intergovernmental organizations Asian-African LegalCOnsultative Committee BankforInternational Settlements Commission oftheEuropean Communities councilotEurope HagueConference onPrivate International Law International Institute fortheUnification ofPrivate Law (c)Otherinternational organizations Chartered Institute ofArbitrators Inter-American BarAssociation Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission International BarAssociation International Chamber ofCommerce International Council forCommercial Arbitration International Federation ofConsulting Engineers Regional CentreforCommercial Arbitration, Cairo C.Election ofofficers 8.TheCommission elected thefollowing officers: £/ Chairman: Mr. R. Loewe (Austria) Vice-Chairmen: Mr. L. G. PaesdeBarros Leaes(Brazil) Mr.I.SZelSZ(Hungary) Mr. H. Z. Tang(China)
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the activities of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), which suggests that the focus is on international trade and related issues. The report mentions the election of officers, attendance of members and observers, and the organization of the session, which further supports this hypothesis.

**Category**
International trade