the current arrangements. The Secretary-General should therefore continue to keep under review the overall question in the context of the implementation of the recommendations proposed in his report, and should make additional recommendations for further improving the handling of population issues within the United Nations system. The exercise envisaged in General Assembly resolution 39/228 had a longer­ term perspective, and the Secretary-General should therefore be authorized to continue to be seized of the question so that appropriate intergovernmental bodies, particularly the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, would be in a position to take the required decisions. It would also be useful for population questions to be discussed annually at the second regular session of the Council. Priority should be given to consideration of the question of population during the second regular session of 1987. 8. Mr. TETT AMANTI (Argentina) noted that the report of the Secretary-General (E/ 1986/18- A/41/179) considered the overall response of the United Nations system to the question of population. That was a good approach. With regard to UNFPA, however, the report should have provided more 12th meeting-S May 1986 61 details about how the Fund would discharge its responsibilities. It would be able to make a positive contribution to developing countries if it was per· mitted to address all the questions raised at the International Conference on Population. 9. The World Population Plan of Action affirmed that the principal objective of social, economic and cultural development, of which population goals and policies were integral parts, was to improve the standards of living and quality of life of the people. Achieving that objective required co·ordinated ac· tion in population in all socio·economic fields; thus population trends must be co.ordinated with eco· nomic and social development trends. In helping to achieve that co·ordination, the World Population 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the United Nations' efforts to address population issues, with a focus on the implementation of recommendations and the coordination of population trends with economic and social development trends. It also mentions the importance of providing details on how the UN Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) would discharge its responsibilities. This suggests that the text is primarily concerned with population-related issues and their impact on development, rather than specific sectors like agriculture or industry.

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Health, Education