UNITED NATIONS General AesemblyDlStr. GENERAL A/ 4O/7L'l 7 October 198 5 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fortieth ses s ion Agenda iten 84 (c) DEVELOPMEIiT AND IMERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION: TRADE AND DEVELOPIIEM Status of the Agreement Establishinq the Conmon Fund for Conmod it les Report of the Sec retary-cene ral t. In paragraph I of its resolution 39/2L4 of l8 Decenber 1984, th€ ceneral Assembly reaffirned the inportance of the Conrnon Fund for Conrnoditi€s and urged all States that had not yet don€ so to sign and ratify the Agreenent e3tablishing tbe Fund xithout any further delay so that tbe Coftrnon Fund would L,ecome opetational. 2. Tbe present report is submitted in order to aasist the General Assembly to review the situation regarding the entry into force of the Agreenent, 3. It wiII be recalled that the Agreenent is to enter into force after (a) it has been ratified, accepted or approved by a nininum of 90 States, account lng for atleast two thirds of the Fundrs directly contrlbuted capltal of $US 470 rnillion, and(b) at least 50 per cent of the $280 million target for ptedges of voluntarycontributions to the Second Account has been met. white the latter requirement had been net by the initial deadline for entry lnto force (31 Uarch l9B2), the fornerreguirenent had not. The deadline was extended by those States that had ratifiedthe Agreenent by lhen until 30 Septenber l9g3 (see A/37/373, annex f) pursuant toarticle 57, paragraph l. of the Agreenent. 4. As at 30 Septenber 1985, the Agreement had been signed by 113 States andratifled, accepted or approved by 86 States, accounting for 57.01 per cent of the Fundts capital. Thus, the conditions for entry lnto force have stilL not beenfulfilled.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the status of an international agreement related to economic cooperation and development, specifically the Common Fund for Commodities. The report is submitted to the General Assembly to review the situation regarding the entry into force of the agreement, which is dependent on the ratification of a certain number of states and the meeting of a target for pledges of voluntary contributions. The text does not mention specific natural resources, industries, or humanitarian aid, but rather focuses on the overall framework for international economic cooperation and development.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development