UNITED NATIONS General AsEemblyDi str . GENERAT A/ 40/ 436 9 October ORIGINAL:t9 85 ENGLISH Fortieth session Agenda item 87 SPECIAT ECONOMIC AND DISASTER RETIEF ASSISTANCE: SPECIAT, PROGRAMMES OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE Assistance to Nicaragua Report of the Secretary-General CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . ASSISTANCE REPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA A. Financial assistance ".. B. Food assistance . III. REPLIES RECEIVED FROM STATES . A. DenmarkI. II. ofParagraphs Page r-3 3 6 7-3L I - 11 l2 t7-18 194 44-6 4-5 B. France C. German Democratic RePublic D. GermanY, Federal RePublic E. I reland F. ItaIy9 o 1013-15 16 85-27850 2258a (E)A/ 40 / 436 English Page 2 CONTENTS (continued) G. Netherlands . " H, Spain I" Sweden IV. ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEII,I A. Total assistance ... B. Information received from United Nations bodies C. Information received from specialized agencies ..Paragraphs Page 20 10 21 10 22-3L 11 32-52 L2 32-33 34-44 45-52L2 l5 15A/40/436 English Page 3 I. INTRODUCTION 1. In its resolution 39/204 of 17 December 1984 on assistance to Nicaragua, the General Assembly, considering that, despite the efforts of the Government and people of Nicaragua, the economic situation had not, returned to normal and continued to lrorsen, urged all Governments to continue contributing to the reconstruction and development of Nicaraguai requested the organizations of the United Nations syst,en to continue and to increase their assistance in this endeavour; recomtnended that Nicaragua should continue to receive treatment appropriate to the special needs of the country until the economic situation returned to normalr. and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its fortieth session on the progress made in the implementation of the resolut ion. 2. The resolution was brought to the attention of !4ember StaLes, specialized
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report on economic assistance provided to Nicaragua, discussing financial and food aid, as well as assistance provided by various countries and international organizations. It seems to be focused on the economic development and humanitarian aid aspects of the country.

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