that the review of the practice of appLying such neasures and the consideration of appropriate actions to prevent the spread of the practice constituted one o€ ttre *o"t i,opo.tunt areas of current activity for the United Nations and !'ts bodies' g. It was pointed out in one reply that a number of developing countries had tried to use many of the existing regional and subregiona! insci tu tions - for condemnat.ion of coercive measures applied to a country of the region and for expressing their solidarity with that country' The regional action in that case bas almost alitays been coniined to a join! declaration or condemnation' 10. It t,Jas pointed out that the notion of economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion was very broad and embraced a considerable nuober of ecobomic sanctions and other neasures taken by one country or group of countries to oblige another country or group of countries to act in a cettain way' It l'{as A/40/596 Engli sb Page 4 furtber pointed out that economic measures as a means ofcoerclon l{ere in most cases supplementd by other means,even severance of diplomaeic and cultural relations. Inwere supplemented by nilitary action.political. and economic e. g. deterioration in or some caseg the measures B- Types of coercive economic measures tl' Based on the replies of Governments summarizd in the previous report of thesec retary-cen er aL (A/39/4r5), coercive economic measures may be broadty dividedinto tlro major types of related measures: (a) Coercive economic measures of a discriminatory or restrictive cttaracter,designed to impede or prevent the access of developing countries to the markets ofthe deveLoped market-economy countries, (b) Coercive and restrictive measures proper as anpolitical and econonic pressure.j.nstrument of exerting
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the use of economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion, particularly in the context of developing countries. It mentions the consideration of appropriate actions to prevent the spread of such practices, as well as the role of regional and subregional institutions in condemning coercive measures. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text may be related to international relations or global governance.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development