11/Inaccord.nc. withrule72oftherul••ofpro~edure oftheEconomic and SocialCouncil. -93-- 116.Alloind.ci.ion 1088/125, tb.Council badinvited tber.ommi••ionontbe St.tu.ofWom.ntoofferit.vi.w.ontb.que.tion intb.ligbtofthe con.ideration ••etforthinthatdeci.ion. TheCommi••~oncon.id.redtll'que.tion atit.thirty-third ••••ionbutmadenor.commendation (.ee!/1080/27. chap.VII,..et.G). 117.Atit.11thmeetinq, on10May.theSecond(Social) Committ_~ hadb.foreit thedraftre.olution andtbeamendmunt. propo.ed thereto. 118.Atthe.amemeetinq, theob.erver forMal~y.ia, 11/onbehalfoftheStatel Member. oftheUnitedNation. tbatarememb.r. oftbeGroupof77,introduc.d a drafir..olution (E/I080/C.2/L.5) entitl.d "l!lnlarq.ment oftbeCommillion ontb. Stai;o.ofWomen", wbichr••d••followlI "Th.Economic andBocialCouncil, "R.calling it.re.olution 1087123 of26May1087bywbichtheCouncil accepted inprinciple theneedforanincre..eintb.n,.mbeubip ofthe Commillion ontb.StatuIofWomenSliddecided thattbeCommiuion atit.1 thirty-.econd .el.ion Ihoulddi.cu•••nd.ubmitpropo.al. totbi.endtothe l!lconomic andSocialCouncilatit~firltr.gular••••ionof1088, "lI.&ring inmi~theincrea••.tnm.mblubip oftb.Un.l.t.dNation. from 120M.mberState,in1968to150Memb.rSt,t••in1088,wbicbprovide' tbe ba.i.foraproportionate enlarg.m.nt oftheCommi••iontakinginto consideration theprinciple ofequitable geoqralhical distribution forthe allocation of.eat., "1l.t.C.I..U...i..ngEconomic andSocialCouncil d.clsion1988/125 of27May1988 lnwhlcbtb.Council r.que.ted theCommi••ion'aviewlonthei••ueofthe enlargement oftheCommi••ion, "T.ldng noteofthediscuuions thatwereheldonthismatterbythe Commillion atitlthirty-third ••••ion, "CoDli4erigg thath,ue.r.lat'G",'! towom.nhav..lntenlifi.d incomplexity andgrowninnumber,particularly inthedevlllopinq cOllntries, "R.callia; thattheComanillion .houldholdin1990a....ionofntended duration tor.viewandappr.i••proqr••,intheimplementation oftheNairobi Forward-looking Strateqies fortheAdvancement ofWomen, "1,DICi41, thatthememblr.hip ClftheCommission .houldheinena.ed t., forty-five andthatthe.eatlIhouldbeallocat.d .trictly onthebali.ofthe princi~le ofequitable geoqrapbicftl di.tributionl "2.Deci4..thattheexpandon oftheCommiuion Ibouldtakeeffectfrom thebeginning of1990beforetheconvening oftheextended le••ionofthe Commission toreviewandappralle progr...int.heilnplementation ofthe Forward-looking Strat.gies, "3.l.llI.ttHr4ICi401 thattheadditionalseatlrnultingfromthe increa.e inthem.mbersbip oftheCommi••ionontheS~atu.otWom.n.houldbe -94-filledinconjunction withtheelection tofillthevacancie. inthe Convniuion, whichwilltakeplacein19110." 1111.Inintroducing th.~raftre.olution, theob.erver forMalay.ia orallyrevised operative pau9raph 3byreplacing theword."inconjunct.ion withths.l.ction to fillth.vacanci••intheCQnvni.siun, whichwilltakeplacein11190"bythewords "durinliJ theort]l-nbational ....ionoftheCouncil for19110". 120.A.~atemellt oftheprQ9r.amme budliJ.timplication. ofthedraftre.olution, .ubmitted bytheSecretary-General inaccordance withrule31oftherul••of procedure oftheEconomic andSocialCouncil, wa.circulated indocument E/1989/C.Z/L.1Z. 121.Atthe20thm••tin9,on18May,theob••rverforMalay.ia 111introduc.d a revheddrafttellf)lution (E/lIl811/C.21L.5/Rev.l), inwhichoperative paragraph 1, whichhadrlladl "1.Dellide. thatthem.mberahip oftheConvniuion shouldb.incr.a••dt.o forty-five andthatthe.eats.houldb.allocat.d strictly onthebasiuofthe principle ofequitabh geogup.hical dhtribution", wasreplaced bythefolluwin9 textl "1.Deeid"thatthememberahip oftheConvniuion shouldbeincreased to (orty-five andthatthe.eat••houldbeallocated ontheba.i.ofthe principle ofequitable 9.ographical distribution according tothefollowin9 pattern I (a)Thirteen member. fromAfrican States, (b)ElevGnmembers fromAsianStates I (e)Fourmemberu fromEa.tern European States, (d)Ninemwmber. fromLatinAmerican andCaribbean State., (e)!U9htmembers from"'e.tern European andotherState.". 122.TheCommittee wa.informed thattheprogramme bUdg.timplication. contained in docum.nt E/1989/C.2/L.12 a180appli.d tothereviseddraftreeolution. 123. ~tthe2~~dmeeting. on111May,therepre.entativ. ofPoland, onbehalfof DulliJoria. the8yeloru,sian Sovi.tSociali.t Republic, 111C.echo.lovakia, the GermanDemocratic Republic. 111Poland. theUkrainian SovietSociali.t Republic and theUnionofSovietSocialist Republic., introduced am.ndm.nts (E/1989/C.2/L.2l) to ther.vi.eddraftr.solution. Th.am.ndments w.r.thefollowin91 (a)Thesecondpr.ambulal paragraph. whichreedl "Bllring inmindtheincrll.e inmemberahip oftheUnitedNations from 120MemberState.in1966to1511MemberStat.ein1988.whichprovide. the baeisforaproportionat~ enlargement oftheCommi••ion,andtakinginto consideration theprinciple ofequitable goographical distribution forthe allocation of.eat.",
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the expansion of the Commission on the Status of Women, a UN agency focused on promoting women's rights and gender equality. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is a report or resolution from a UN meeting. The content also touches on issues of representation, equality, and geographic distribution, which are all relevant to the field of international development and human rights.

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Education, Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief