Cuban State Committee for Science and Technology (1979); State Committee for Science and Technology of the Mongolian Council of Ministers (1981); Bulgarian State Committee for Science and Technological Progress (1981); State Committee for Science and Technology of the Korean People's Democratic Republic (1984); Syrian General Director~te for Remote Sensing (1987); Lao State Committee for Science and Technology (1988). These agreements provide that, in the execution of its own national space research programme, the Soviet side will make surveys from space of the territories, territorial waters and continental and island shelves of the countries concerned and subsequently transmit to them the resultant data. They state the parties' consent to the undertaking of joint work on the development, improvement and practical application of remote-sensing methods and aerospace devices for study of the Earth, on the processing and practical use of the resultant data, and on the construction of the equipment required for these purposes. The bilateral agreement with Syria contains a provision on the initial and further training in the USSR of specialists in the processing, interpretation and practical use of remote-sensing data. In most cases, the practical work in connection with the agreements (the supply of the information radioed to Earth; the development and construction of equipment for processing and interpreting the survey material; the development of methods for processing and using data from space surveys in hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring) is carried out by the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology. · Supplying customers with photographs of natural resources taken from space is the responsibility of the Chief Directorate for Geodesy and Cartography (CDGC) of the USSR Council of Ministers. CDGC's foreign-trade organization, Soyuzkarta, has concluded a number of long-term agreements and contracts for the supply of information from space photosurveys with firms and organizations from many countries, including the United States, Argentina, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international agreements and cooperation between the Soviet Union and other countries regarding remote sensing and space research. The focus is on the sharing of data and expertise, as well as the supply of information from space photosurveys to other countries. This suggests that the category should be related to science and technology, as well as international cooperation.

**Category**
Science and technology, International trade