9. The first ad hoc meeEing of focal points ldithin the United Nations sysEem onthe retationsnip uet*-een disarmanent arra oerretofnent was held at Headquarrers on10 April 1984. The ad hoc neeting Has chaired Ly l.fr. .l"n Marlenson, Under_Sec re ta ry-General foillsarnanent Atfairs. and addressed by ttr. Jean RiperE,Di rec tor-Gene ral for Development and InEernational Econornic Co_operaCioi.Participating in the meeting r.rere focal poines fron lhe oftice of theDi rec tor-Genera I for Developnent and InlernaCional Economic Co_operation, theDepartnent 6f Political and Security Council Atfalrs, the Deparlment ofIneernational Econonic and Sociat litrir.; Ehe Uniteal Nations Centre onTransnat.ional CorporaEionst the Department of Technlcal Co_operation forDevelopnent (ryrcD), the Departnent of public Informatton,, tbe Uniled NaeionsEnvironnent Programme (UNE'), the United NaCions Chll.dren,s fund (UNICEF); EheI^/40/5rsEnglish Paqe 5 uniEed Nations conferenc€ on Trade and DeveLopment (uNcTAD) , tbe united Nations Development progranne (UNDP)t the united Nations Industrial Developlnent organizacion (uNIDo) t the united Nations InsEitute for Disarnanenl Research (UNIDIR), the United Nations Instieute for Training and Resea rctl (UNITAR) t the International Labour organization (ILo) , the Fooal and Agriculture organization of the uniteat Nacions (FAo); ttre united Nations Educational , scienEific and cultural organization (uNEsco) t the world tiealth organization (wHo) and the InlernaEional Atonic Energy Agency ( IAEA) . 10. Stressing lhat tshe promotion ot an inEerrelated persPective lies at the core of Che ceneral Assembly's decision Co follord up the Secretary-Generalrs rePort' !/ Mr. Jan l4artenson referred to resolution 37/84 as providing lhe overall mandate sithin which the united Nations system bad been asked !o concretely incorPorate an interrelaEed perspeccive inEo its educalional, Planning and research acEivities. Relevant in tbis context. are subparagraPhs 4 and I of paraEraph 426 of the SecreEary-Generalrs rePorE. !lr. Martenson pointed out the need to Eake scock of the skills and resources needed and those available. lie also emphasized the importance of a systen-rride Pooling of expertise to naximize the benefilE of sbaring l{ilhout a duPlicalion of ef,forts- Il, The Di rector-Gene ral for Development and InternaEional Econonic co-operaEion asked the ad hoc neeEing to go beyond the sEage of reileraling a collective inEerese ln ttre suuject of Ehe relationship betlreen disarnament and devel-opnent and said lhat the presenE levels of aros expenditure are so nonunental as to atfect tlirectly both the growEh potenEial of the industrial countries and Ehe developnent prospecls of the developinq countries, including the ability of Ehe forner to assisE Ehe laEte r. 12. The ad hoc neet.ing was activilie6 of Ehe DePartfiEnt
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a meeting of focal points within the United Nations system to explore the relationship between disarmament and development. The Director-General for Development and International Economic Cooperation emphasizes the importance of a system-wide pooling of expertise to maximize the benefits of sharing skills and resources without duplicating efforts. The text also mentions various organizations and agencies within the United Nations system. These points suggest that the category should be related to international development and cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade