2. Ttre General Assembly requested the Secr eta ry-Genera I to prepare acomprehensive reporl on the economic measures taken by developed coutries forcoercive purposes' including lheir impact on international econonic relati,ons, hritha view to assisting in concrete internati.onat actions aqainst those fteasures, andto submit that report. to the Assembly at its fortieth session. TheSecretary-General, in preparing the present report, rras requested to collectfurther comaents from Governnents and to use inputs from compeEent organizations ofthe uniled Nations system' particurarly uNcrAD and the regional conmissi.ons. Atthe same time, the resolution appealed to Governments to provide the necessaryinformation to the sec rela ry-General . IE should be recal-l,ed that an earlier reportof the Secreta ry-Genera I on the same subject (A/3g/4I51 was submitted to theAssembly at its thirty-ninth session in pursuance of Assembly resolution 3g/Lg7 af.20 December 1983. 3. pursuant to the request of tbe ceneraf AssembLy, a note verbale was addressedon behalf of the sec reta ry-Genera r to the covernments of alr states i.nvitrng lhemto provlde the secretariat with information on the adoption and effecls of theeconomrc measures taken by devetoped countries as a neans of polit.icar and economiccoercion aqainst dever.oping countries, incrudi.ng informati.on on the impact of thosemeasures on international economic relations. urcTAD and the regional commissions!'ere also invited to submit information. At the ti.me of tbe preparation of thepresent report, replies have been recei.ved from the following 22 States: 1/Argentina, Bulgaria, Burma, ByeLorussian soviet SociaList Republic, Cuba, cypsgs,Czechoslovakia, cerman Democratic Republic, cuatemala, Haiti, Hung6ay, Japun,Libyan Arab Jarnahiriya, Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua, poland, Sao Tome and principe,Syrian Arab Republic, ukrainian Sovj.et Socialist RepubLic, Union of Sovietsocialist Republics and yugosfavia. The texts of the rep]ies are reproduced in theannex to the present report. Additional repfies will be issued as addenda to thepresent report. In addition' information was received from the Economic Commissionfor Africa (ECA), the Economic and Social commission for Asia and the pacific(ESCAP) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).I.a/ 40/5e6 Enql i sh Paqe 3 II. S{JMMARY OF REPLIES RECEIVED FROM STATES AND INPUTS FROM UNITED MTIONS COITPERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMEM AND THE REGIONAIJ COMMISSIONS 4. Most of the Governments that submitled replles to the note verbale stronqly condemned the potlcy of using measures of economic coercion and reaffirmed their
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the economic measures taken by developed countries for coercive purposes, including their impact on international economic relations. It seems to be focused on the economic and political aspects of this issue, rather than any specific sector or field.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development