on inte rnational economic co-operatlon for developrEnt on a lrr1de range of inter-related lssues at the UnltedNations. Thls had colnaided wlth t.}'" Declaratr.on of thelhird DeveloprEnt Decade by the unlted Natlons General Assembly at lts ttrlrty-fiful sesslon in t9go.A/40/726 Eng1 i sh Page 45 From lts twen'trjr-ni'nth sesslon in 19?4 the General Assernbly has increasingly been coacerned wi'JI charmell-slng economic assj.stance to indlvldual countries eiuler by way of disaster relj-ef or to meet exceptional econonlc situatlons. AE a mati-er of fact even d'uring itg early years the General Assembly had dealt '"rittt such sltuations but they had been fevrer ln nunbe r as compared to the present. At the thirw-nlnctr session in 1984 ttre number of' suclr cases were as many as twenEY-six antJ a speci.al conf,erence "tag organised for elne rge ncL assistance to certain countrles ln Africa during 1985. The r€soluti)ns adopted by the General Asseribly 1n tlrese cases have caUed upon the world conrrrrnlty to come to the aid of the vletims of f a:nir-re or natural dlsaster. fn additlon to matters of economic progress and development, tie Second Conmittee has al-so directed lts attention to the questLon of food, although $e sare has been sinnrltane6usly tackJ-ed by t?re food aird Agrlcrrl- turat Organizatlon, a speclallsed aqency of tbe Unlted Natiorrs. . Ttre Second ConrnitGe has olso been Progresslvely corrce rted with a nurnber of natte rE whlch' 1n sore lray . or other, have a link '.tittr the question of economic developnent. For exaftple, it has dealt vrith the questlon of populatlon ever since the .b{entY-first session in 1966. It has also dstablished a tlrnd for Population Activltles. Mor€ recently, all matters relating to envlrom€nt, hunan settlernent, and desertj-fication have been allocated to the Second conrnlttee and the reports
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the United Nations' efforts to address various economic and development-related issues, including disaster relief, economic assistance, and population growth. It also mentions the link between economic development and environmental issues. These topics suggest that the text is focused on economic development and humanitarian aid, with some overlap with natural resources and environment.

**Category**
Economic development, Humanitarian aid and relief