40. Mr. LEE (Canada) said that he agreed with the 50. Mr. SEV AN (Secretary of the Council) said that Secretary's observation but felt that for the sake of General Assembly resolution 39/217 was, in fact, clarity it should be reflected in the paragraph. mentioned in paragraph 4 (b) and that a general 41. Mr. SEV AN (Secretary of the Council) said that chapeau was inappropriate. There was no need to paragraph 2 could be amended to read that item 3 amend paragraph 4 (c) because it was understood should also be considered in plenary meeting. that there would be a discussion but no new resolu- Paragraph 2, as amended, was adopted. tions. A new paragraph 5 could be added mentioning all the relevant resolutions, but there was no real PARAGRAPH 3 42. Mr. ORLANDO (United States of America) recalled that his delegation had expressed the view during the informal consultations that agenda items 11 and 12 could be merged and should be given priority. 43. Mr. LA VROV (Union of Soviet Socialist Re­ publics), referring to agenda item 13, recalled that the previous year the Council had decided that the report of the Trade and Development Board on its spring session would be submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session and that the Board's report on its fall session would be submitted directly to the General Assembly. He therefore felt that the following report of the Trade and Development Board should be submitted to the Council at its second regular session. 44. Mr. SEVAN (Secretary ofthe Council) said that the Soviet representative's observation was correct but that a decision (draft decision 6) had already been taken on the scheduling of the sessions of the Trade and Development Board. He added that the report on the thirty-second session of the Board would be available on time. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the agenda and scheduling of meetings related to trade and economic development, with specific references to reports and decisions made by the Trade and Development Board. While there is no direct mention of natural resources, environment, agriculture, or health, the focus on trade and economic development suggests that it is more closely related to these areas than others.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development