UNITED NATIONS ~· . ~ ft-~ ~ I ~ .. ..P President: later: General Assembly Eiqhteenth sPecial session CENERAL ASSE?>1'BLY PROVIS IDNAL VERBATIM REOORD OF THE EIGm'H MEETING Held at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 27 April 1990, at 3 P.m. Mr. FEYDER (Vice-President) Mr. TSOIODAYI (Vice-President) Mr. HUSLID (Vice-President) General debate £8] and [9) (continued) PROVISIONAL A/S-18/PV.8 15 Mav 1990 ENGLISH A ( LuxeiTbourq) (Zimbabwe) (Norwav) This record contains the oriqinal text of soeeches delivered in Enqlish and interpretations of soeeches in the other lanquaqes. The final text will be Printed in the Official· Records ·of· the· General· Assemblv. Corrections should be submitted to oriqinal sPeeches onlv. Thev should be sent under the siqnatureofa member of the deleqation concerned~ within·one·week, to the Chief, Official Records Editinq Section, DePartment of Conference Services, room DC2-750~ 2 United Nations Plaza, and incorporated in a coPv of the record· 90-60045 7608-09V (E) BCT/ASA A/S-18/PV. 8. 2 In the absence of the President, Mr. Feyder (Luxembourg), Vice-President, took the Chair. The meeting was called to order at 3.15 p.m. AGENDA ITEMS 8 AND 9 (continued) GENERAL DEBATE Mr. AL-SHAALI (United Arab Emirates) (interpretation from Arabic): I am delighted to express again, on behalf of the deleqation of the United Arab Emirates, conqratulations to Ambassador Joseph Garba on his election as President of this special session of the General Assemblv. I am also verv Pleased to welcome again the accession of the delegation of Namibia to menbershiP of the United Nations. This special session devoted to economic issues is beinq convened at a time in which we urgently need to review the international economic situation. EKperts are warning that the economies of the developing countries are steadilv deteriorating and that the number of countries living at the subsistence level is increasing, not 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, discussing economic issues. The speaker, Mr. Al-Shaali, mentions the need to review the international economic situation, warning signs of deteriorating economies in developing countries, and the increasing number of countries living at the subsistence level. This suggests that the topic is closely related to economic development and international trade.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade