had held its inaugural session at Aswan in February 1990, under the leadership of Mrs. Susan Mubarak. His delegation planned to submit a draft resolution on the subject to the Council at a later date. Mr. HAYES (Ireland) suggested that the Council should defer its decision on the requests made by the representatives of the Byelorussian SSR and Egypt in order to give members time to consider them. I Mr. SOTIROV (Bulgaria), Mr. PEJIC (Yugoslavia), Mr. MENON (India), Mr. Mt]NTASSER (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Mr. SHIHABI (Saudi Arabia), Mr. AL-ANBARI (Iraq), Mr. BAGBENI ADEITO NZENGEYA (Zaire) and Mr. ARABIAT (Jordan), supported the request of the Byelorussian SSR for the inclusion of an additional item on international co-operation in the elimination of the consequences of the accident of the Chernobyl power plant, and the request of Egypt for the inclusion under agenda item 1 of the question of the revival of the Library of Alexandria. The PRESIDENT said that, bearing in mind the request of the representative of Ireland and also the importance of the requests, by the delegations of the Byelorussian SSR and Egypt, he suggested that the Economic and Social Council defer its decision on them for a few days. If he heard no objection, he would take it that the Council agreed to consider the requests made by the Byelorussian SSR and Egypt at a subsequent meeting. It was so decided. The PRESIDENT said that, if he heard no objection, he would take it that the Council wished to adopt the agenda for the first regular session of 1990 as contained in documents E/1990/30 and Corr.l, and that it approved the organization of work as contained in document E/l990/L.l9. It was so decided. Mr. STOBY (Secretary of the Council) drew attention to document E/1990/L.lS/Rev.l on the status of documentation for the session, and informed the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the proceedings of a meeting of the Economic and Social Council, where delegates are discussing requests made by the Byelorussian SSR and Egypt. The requests are related to international cooperation and the inclusion of specific items on the agenda. The text does not mention specific economic or industrial issues, but rather focuses on the organization of work and the consideration of requests.

**Category**
Education, International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief