GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF,NETHERLANDS, PERU,POLAND, THAILAND andZIMBABWE (se~ Councildecision 1989/160). -157-(c)Ea,t.rn Europ.an Stat.,(onevacancy), HUNGARY, (diLatinAm.rican andCaribb.an Stat.,(twovacancie,), ARG!r.ITINA and PERU, (e)W.'t.rn Europ.an andoth.rStatal(threevacanciel), DENMARK, FRANCE an~ ITALY. BOARDOFTRUSTEES or~EINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FORTHEADVANCEMENT orWOMEN 23.Atit.13tband14thm.etings, on23M.y,theCouncil .ppoint.d thefollowing thr••m.mb.r, oftheBoardofTru,te.s for•thr••-y.art.rmb.ginning on 1July1989'Virginia 01ivodeC.1li(Venelu.1a). Pene10pe RuthFenwick (N.wZealand) .ndVictoria N.Okobi(Nigeria) (leeCouncil decilion 1989/160). BOARDOFTHEUNITED NATIONS RES~ARCH INSTITUTE rORSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 24Atits13thm.eting, on23May,theCouncil confirm.d thenomination bythe Commislion forSoci.lD.v.lopment atitsthirty-fir.t s"lion ofthefollowing m.mber. oftb.Board(.eeCouncildecilion 1989/160)' (a)Forafour-year termbeginning on1July1989,IngridEide(Norway) and Maureen O'Neil(Canada), (b)Foranadditional ter~oftwoy.arl,b.ginning on1July1989' Ismail-Sabri Abd.lla (E9Ypt), SartajA.il(Pakiltan), VidaCok (Yugos1.via) andLouisEmmerij (Netherlandl). 25.Atits19thp1.nary me.ting, on6July,tbeCouncl1, r.ca11ing itsd.ci.ion 1989/132 of24May1989 ~Iandhavingconlidered thenot.bytheBureau (t/1989/123), d.cided, onanexceptional ba.i.,toconfirm thenomination otthe following thr••canjidat••,propoI.d onthebalilofinformal con.ultations, for memb,r.hip intheBoardforaterm begi~ning on6Julyandendingon30Jun.1993, L.rlAn.l1(Sw.d.n), Tatyana Ivanovna Koryagin. (UnionofSovi.tSociali.t Repub1icl) andAkilagpa Sawyerr (Ghana) (leeCouncil d.cl~ion 1989/181). ilBythatdecision, thenumberofmemberl oftheBoardoftheUnited Nationl Relearch In.titute forSocialDevelopment walincr•••~dfrom7to1~, -159-MW oS ~l(!IIIiiI ~...tCopyA'''''''ChApter yIII ORGANIZATIONAL ANDOTHERMATTERS 1.TbeCouncil helditlorganisational selsion for1989atUnitedNations Headquarters on19January 11and9and10February 1989(1stto4thmeetings). its firltregular session of1989atUnitedNationl Headquarter. fromatoa4May1989 (5thto16thmeetings) andits.econdregular.es.ion of1989attheUnitedNation. OfficeatGenevafrom5toa8July1969(17thto37thmeetings). Anaccount ofthe proceeding. i.contained inthesummary record. (E/1989/SR.1-37). a.Thelitmeeting wasopenedbytheDirector-General forDevelopment and International Economic Co-operation. Uponelection. thePrelident oftheCouncil for1989.Mr.KjeldWilhelm Morten.en (Denmark). madea.tatement. 3.Alloatthe1stmeeting. theUnder-Secretary-General forPolitical andGeneral A.lembly Affair. andSecretariat Services madea.tatement uponhi.re.ignation fromoffice. 4.Atthefir.tr.gular••••ion.introductory statement. weremadeatthe 5thmeeting. onaMay.bytheUnder-Secretary-General forInternational Economic andSocialAffairs. theDirector-General oftheUnitedNations OfficeatViennaand HeadoftheC.ntreforSocialD.v.lopm.nt andHumanitarian Affairl. andthe Director-General oftheUnitedNation. OfficeatG.nevaandUnder-Secretary-General forHumanRights. A.BUREAU OFTHECOUNCIL 5.PurMuant topar;~ra~l a(k)otitsresolution 1988/77. theCouncil meton 19January forthepurpose ofelecting itsBureau. 6.AtitslItm••tinq.on19January. theCouncil elected. byacclamation. Mr.KjeldWilhelm Mortensen (Denmark). Pre.ident oftheCouncil for1989.The Council 1110elected. byacclamation. Mr.Chandrashekha~ Da.qupta (India). Mr.HassenElqhouayel (Tunisia). Mr.Guennadi I.Oudovenko (Ukrainian Soviet Socialilt R.public) andMr.'elipeHectorPaolillo (Uruguay) Vice-Pre.idents ofthe Council. 7.Atitsandmeetinq. on9February. thePresident informed theCouncil that afterconsultations withmembers oftheBureau.ithadbeenagreedthat Mr.Chandra.hekhar Dasqupta (India) wouldlervealChairman oftheFir.t(Economic) Committe ••thatMr.HalsenElqhouay.l (Tunisia) wouldlervea.Chairman ofthe Second(Social) Committ.e. thatMr.Guennadi I.Oudov.nko (Ukrainian S~viet Socialist Republic) wouldserveasChairman oftheThird(Programme and Co-ordination) Committee andthatMr.'elipeHectorPaolillo (Uruguay) wo~ld co-ordinat. informal consultations andperform otherfunctions asrequired bythe Council. 11Seeparae.5and6below. -160-e.TheFirlt(Economic) Committee, atitllitmeetinq, on3May,ellcted, by
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on the activities of the United Nations, specifically the Council, and its various committees. The topics discussed include the election of members to the Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, the nomination of members to the Board of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and the organization of the Council's sessions. The text also mentions the election of the Bureau of the Council and the assignment of roles to its members.

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International development, Humanitarian aid and relief