Director oftheUnit.dNations Environment Programme ontheprotection oftheozone layer(A/44/349-E/1989/102), ~ITheCouncil considered thequestions ofenvironment, d.s.rtification and drought andtransport ofdang~rous good.concurrently, inaccordance withits decision 1989/101, para.3. -65-(h)NotebytheSecretary-General transmittinq thereports oftheqoverning bodie.oftheorgan., organization. andproqramme. oftheUnitedNation••y.temon proqre.s madetoward..u.tainabla andenvironmentally sou4ddevelopment (E/1989/L.25 andAdd.1-7)1 111 (i)ReportoftheSecretary-General ontheimplementation ofGeneral Assembly re.olutions 42/186and42/187(E/1989/L.26)1 lal (j)ReportoftheGoverning Council oftheUnited ~ations Environment Proqramme ontheworkofitsfifteenth session (E/1989/L.42 andCorr.1). lil 193.TheCouncil allocated theitemtotheFirst(Economic) Committee butdecided (deci.ion 1989/101, para.11)toconsider thequestion ofconvening aUnited Nations conference onenvironment anddevelopment inplenary meeting (see para.,207-213 below). 194.TheFirst(Economic) Committee considered theitematits19th,20th,21st, 23rdand26thmeetings, on14,17,19and24July1989. 195.Atits19th,20thand21stmeetings, on14and17July,theCommittee helda qe~.ral di.cus.ion onthequestions ofenvironment (aqenda item7(f», desertification anddrouqht (agenda item7(g»andtransport ofdanqerous goods (agenda item7(h». 196.Atits19thmeetinq, on14July,theCommittee heardintroductory statements ontheque.tioD ofenvironment bytheExecutive Director oftheUnitedNations Environment Programme andtheSpecial Assistant totheUnder-Secretary-Genera1 of theDepartment ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs. 197.Attne.amemeeting, statement. weremadeonthethreequestions (aqenda items7(f),(g)and(h»bytherepresentatives ofNorway (onbehalfoftheNordic countrie.), theUnionofSovietSocialist Republics, France(onbehalfofthe State.Members oftheUnitedNations thataremembers oftheEuropean Economic Community), Czechoslovakia, theUkrainian SovietSocialist Republic andBulqaria andtheobservers forSwitzerland, theGermanDemocratic Republic andSenegal. The representative oftheWorldMeteoro1oqica1 Orqanization alsomadeastatement. 198.Atthe20thmeeting, on17JUly,statements weremadeonthethreequestions bytherepresentatives ufThailand, Yugoslavia, Venezuela, Poland, China, NewZealand, Indonesia, Canada, IndiA,GhanaandTunisia andtheobservers forthe Byelorus.ian SovietSocialist RepUblic andMalaysia (onbehalfoftheStates Members oftheUnitedNations thataremembers oftheGroupof77).The representatives oftheUnitedNations Development Programme andtheFoodand Agriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations alsomadestatements. 111Forthefinalreporls, seeA/44/339-E/1989/1l9 andaddenda. lalForthefinalreporte, seeA/44/350-E/l989/99. lilForthefinalreport, seeOfficial Record. oftheGeneral AllemblJ, rortJ-fourth Sellion. Supplement No.25(A/44/25). -66-199.Atthe21,tmeeting, on17July,,tatement, weremadeonthethreequestion, bytherepresentatives oflenya,Japan,theUnitedStatesofAmerica, Braliland Uruguay andtheobservers forAustria, Mauritania, Au,tra1ia andNigeria. The representative oftheEconomic Commission forEuropeandtheobservers forthe International Chamber ofCommerce, theInternational Organilation ofConsumers unionsandtheWorldConfederation ofLabour, non-governmental organilations in consultative statuswiththeEconomic andSocialCouncil, category I,alsomade statements. Strengthening 6nternationa1 co-gperation onthe.nyiroDment! proyilion of Additional financial r'lourc'l tgd'Yllgping cQuntri.1 200.Atthe23rdmeeting, on19July,theobserver forMalaysia, 121onbehalfof thRState,Member, oftheUnite~Nation' thataremember, oftheGroupof77, introduced adraft r~,olution (E/1ge9/C.1/L.12) entitled "Strengthening international co-operation ontheenvironment -Monitoring theprovision of additional Unancial resourclI todeveloping countries". 201.Atthe26thmeeting, on24July,theSecretary oftheCommittee informed the Committee that,duringinformal consultations, ithadbeenagreedthatthedraft resolution shouldberevised asfollows! (a)Inthetitle,thewords"Monitoring the"weredeletedl (b)Operative paragraph 1,whichread, "1.Concludos thatinadequate attention hassofarbeengiventothe provi'ion andeffective monitoring ofadditional financial re,ource. to developing countrie' forenvironmental programmes",
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the United Nations' activities and decisions related to environmental protection, sustainable development, and international cooperation. It mentions the protection of the ozone layer, desertification, drought, and the transport of dangerous goods, which are all related to environmental issues. The text also touches on the topic of developing countries and the need for additional financial resources to support their environmental programs.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, International development