UNITED NATIONS General AesemblyDistr. GENERAL A/40/633 16 Septenber 198 5 ENGLISH ORIGTNAL: ARABIC/CHINESE/ET.ELISH FRENCH/RUSS IAN/SPANI SH Fortieth sess i on Ilens 12 and 1?1 of the provisional agenda* REPORT OF TTIE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COIJNCIT JOINT INSPECTION IJNIT Report on the Unieed Nations Transport and Cotnnunications Decadein Afr ica Note by the Secr eta rv-Genera I The Secretary-General has the honour to transmj.t to the General Assembly thereport of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled ,,Report on the United NationsTransport and Conmunications Decade in Africa', IJIU/REP/8I/41 . r A/40/t50. 85-2s153 14 2Ip (E) fuIITEX REPORT ON THE UNITED NATIONS TRANSPORT AND C OI4},lUNI CA TI ONS DECADE IN AFRICA Prepared by Moustapha ould Khalila Jolnt Inspectlon Uni tJru/ REP t85 /4 ceneva, fby 1985 I. II,Table of Contents INTRODUCTlON CONCEPTION OF THE DECADE AND VALIDI1Y OF THE APPROACH ADOPTED 1. Background 2. obJectlves and priorities of the Decade t. Instltutlonal arraDlements lor the Decade +. Observati,ons on lhe conceptlon and launching of the Decade III. ANALYSIS OF THE RESUL1S )F THE FIRST PHASEParagrapha ^l-49 20-242r-45 45-49 50-82 50-51,4-59 50-6970-7r 72-8r 82 85-9J 94 - ro7 94 - La4 105 - 10?Page 1 -15 -5-7 25-26 )1 27 )o5 J 5 7 I7 I. aDlfflcultles encountered !n lnlormatlon galherlng and result evafuatlon fuantitatlve data on flrsl-phase pI"oJects Dilficuliies j.n llobi.llzing flnanctal resources Observance ol bhe priorigles of Decade Results on lhe flrst phase, obJec!lve-by- obJectlve ResuLta bv mode - ln, 5. PREPARAT]ON OF THE PROCRA}4ME FOR THE SECOND PHASE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIOI,IS A. ConcluslonsB. Lessons !o be drawn froa the Decade C. RecooEendatlons GD.85-01505I.-1- lNTRODUCTION 1. The end of l98J marked the concluston of the flrst phase ol the ?ransport
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The text appears to be a report from the United Nations, focusing on the progress of the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa. The report discusses the background, objectives, and results of the decade, as well as the challenges encountered and recommendations for the future. Given the specific focus on transportation and communication in Africa, it is likely that the report falls under the category of transport and communication.

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Transport and communication