90-22117 1813h (E) /.. . Л/44/709/Add.l English Page 2 5. On 4 September 1990, the President of the General Assembly sent a letter to the Chairman of the Special Political Committee (A/SPC/44/3), enclosing a letter dated 28 August 1990 addressed to the President by the Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid, indicating that the latter had received several requests from non-governmental organizations wishing to be heard in the Special Political Committee at the time when the Assembly undertook its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General. Recalling that the Assembly, at its 3rd plenary meeting, had decided that agenda item 28 (Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa) should be considered directly in plenary meeting, on the understanding that organizations and individuals having a special interest in the question would be permitted to be heard by the Special Political Committee, the President requested the Chairman of the Special Political Committee to convene a meeting of that Committee on 11 September 1990. He indicated that the list of organizations and individuals that had expressed the desire to be heard by the Committee would be transmitted to the Chairman as soon as it had been received. 6. Subsequently, on б and 7 September 1990, the President of the General Assembly sent further letters to the Chairman of the Special Political Committee (A/SPC/44/4 and 5) providing the names of non-governmental organizations and individuals that had expressed the desire to be heard by the Committee. 7. At its 26th meeting, on 11 September, the Committee considered and approved six requests for hearings, contained in docxxments A/SPC/44/4 and 5. 8. At the same meeting, the Committee agreed to hear the observers of the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), pursuant to their request. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a meeting of the Special Political Committee, where organizations and individuals requested to be heard on the topic of apartheid in South Africa. The content is focused on the process and decisions made during the meeting, rather than the specific issues related to economic development, natural resources, or other categories.

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