15. Mr. FAREED (Pakistan) said that the Commit- Committee on Candidatures in order to facilitate tee on Candidatures referred to in paragraph 6 of elections to the International Narcotics Control document E/1986/5 was redundant. As that para- Board. That practice should be abandoned only if an graph indicated, it had been the practice of the alternative that was satisfactory to all parties con- Council, rather than a mandate, to establish such a cerned could be developed. committee. 25. In the past, the Committee for Development 16. He supported Mauritania's request to be inclu- Planning had dealt with requests from interested ded in the list of the least developed countries but countries for inclusion in the list of least developed believed that clear criteria for inclusion were re-countries by applying the existing criteria flexibly quired in order to enable the Committee for Devel- and judiciously with a resultant increase in the opment Planning to examine legitimate requests number of countries included in that category, and it properly. The Council should therefore provide ap-would unquestionably continue to do so. As to the propriate guidelines. possibility of revising those criteria, the Council must 17. As for the improvement of secretariat servicing continue to help the increasing number of countries and substantive support services for the Committee concerned and should not do anything self-defeating. on Natural Resources, the Assistant Secretary-Gener- Specific programmes and targets had been adopted al for Secretariat Services for Economic and Social with certain criteria and certain countries in mind, Matters had indicated no new elements in his and those criteria must be respected. Moreover, the statement. Although he had referred to two major Council must implement its programme and allow secretariat entities that shared responsibility for the the Committee for Development Planning to use its 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the United Nations and its various committees and boards, with a focus on development and economic issues. The mention of the International Narcotics Control Board and the Committee for Development Planning suggests that the text is related to economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, Humanitarian aid and relief