UillTED NATIONS AE General Assembly Economic and Social CouncilDistr. GENERAi, A/40/232/Aoo,2 E/ I98s / 40 /Add.2 19 geptember I985 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH,/FRENCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY For t i. eth sessi.on Ite$ l2 ot the provisronal aqenda* REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL I, INTRODUCTION I1 , SUI,IMARY OF COMI'IENTS PROVIDED BY STATES SUMMARY OF COI4I4ENTS PROVIDED BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATlONSECCNOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Flrst reqular sessron of 1985 Aqenda item 16 IIUMAN RIGHTS !4easures lo be taksn against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist actieities and aIl other forms ot totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror Report ot the Secretarv-General Adde od urn CONTENTS II1. A/40/150,Pa raq raphs Pqg e t2 2- 30 3t 85-25607 2145h (E)A/40/232/Ad.t.2 E/ t9g5/ 4D/ ^dd.2EnqLish Paqe 2 I. INTRODUCTION I. Since the report of the SecreCary-General (A/ 40 /232'8/ 198 5/4 0 and Add.I) t,as issued, replies have been received tron the folloeinq states: Eelgium. Bulqaria, Byelorussian sovret sociali"st Republic, Chad, Cyprus, Ctechosloeakia, Ecuador, Federal Republic of Germany, Panana and Ukrainian soulet Socialist Republic. II. SUMI'IARY OF COMMENTS PROVIDED BY STATES* ?. The tselqian Governnent poi.ncs out lhat the Acts ot 29 .Iuly 1934 and 4 May 1936 prohibit prieate milrtias and supplemenE the Acts ot 3 January 1933 on fhe manufacture of, trade i.n and bearing of arms and on trade in nunitions. The ercepeions to that prohibition. $trich, under the Act' nay be nade for apolitical orqanizationa by a royal decree considered in the Council ot Ministers. concern primarily prrvate security conpanies r'hich operate on public thoroughfaEes or rn places accessibte to the public. The aut.horiuacion procedure for such conpanles provides for a series of safequards designed to rule out the actiltities 3nd ideologies reterred td in General Assembl.y reEolutions 38/99 and 39lll4 and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, discussing measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist, and neo-Fascist activities and ideologies. The report mentions replies from various states and their comments on the prohibition of private militias and the regulation of private security companies. While it does not explicitly discuss economic development, natural resources, or other categories, it does seem to be related to human rights and humanitarian concerns.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights