structure of the Committee's deliberations and various aspects of the organization of its work. Pursuant to those decisions, the Committee's general debate should focus on specific major issues of international economic co-operation and development; the deliberations of the Committee should be organized around clusters of related issues and should be as brief as possible; it should identify issues which would require lengthy informal consultations and should, as far as possible, spread the consideration of those issues evenly throughout the session; the deadline for the submission of draft proposals should be established when the Committee approved its organization of work; and efforts should be made to keep to a minimum the number of draft proposals under each item. 9. By its resolution 39/217, the General Assembly had decided that all requests for Secretariat reports to be submitted to the Committee should conform to the biennial programme of work. The Assembly had also endorsed the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council that statements on behalf of organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system should be made in the context of the deliberations on specific reports and should be circulated in advance. Executive heads should then either elaborate on or give the highlights of the text of those statements. Unless he heard any views to the contrary, he ·would take it that the Committee confirmed his interpretation of the intent of the decision taken by the Assembly in that respect. 10. He noted that Friday, 29 November was the deadline for the submission to the Fifth Committee of all draft resolutions with financial implications. The deadline given in document A/C.2/40/L.l for the submission of draft proposals under item 86 should be revised to read 20 November, so that the results of the 1985 United 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the organization and procedures of a committee, specifically the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly, in relation to economic cooperation and development. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that the text is related to administrative or organizational matters rather than a specific sector or field. The content does not seem to be focused on a particular industry, sector, or topic, but rather on the framework for discussing and deciding on economic issues.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade