framework, because this Connittee has a large volume of documentation available toit, including the views and suggestions thus far submit,ted by States on thesubject. At the urging of the General Assembly, approximately 90 States haue, between 1979 and today, expressed their points of view on the importance of the suestion' on the elements that should nake up the content of good-neighbourliness and on ways and means of strengthening and developing this principle, either aspart of the official st,atements of their representatives in the course of debateson t,he subject (A/c.L/36/PV.4s-51i A/c.r/37/pv.46-59i A/c.6/39/sR.51-65 and 70; A/C.6/39/SR.20-23) or in written comment,s submitted to the Secretary-General onthe meaning and content of good-neighbourliness (A/36/376 and Add.L and A/38/336 and Add.l). /...A/40/450 English eage I0 There are also two recapitulatory docunents (A/37/476 and A/38/440) which seE in motion the process of st,ructuring and organizing the multitude of ideas and proposals resulting from the above-nentioned State positionsr and particularly of systenatizing those ideas which could help to establish the main components of good-ne ighbour I ine ss. Mention should also be made of the considerable nunber of docunents circulated by various States under the item since it was first placed on the agenda of the General Assembly. Some of those docunents have been described by their authors as treaties rrof friendship and co-operation' or specificallynof good-neighbourliness". They contain ideas and element,s that are useful for the clarification and definition of the concept in ouestion. (These contributions by states are listed in documents A/36/760, A/37/742, A/38/659 and A/39/773.'l Even docunents dealing with situations of conflict may be of benefit to the extent tbat they envisage solutions and procedures for precluding the deterioration of such situations, improving the atmosphere between the neighbouring countries involved and creating the conditions for a peaceful settlenent of the conflict.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations and cooperation between neighboring countries, with a focus on the concept of good-neighbourliness. It mentions the collection of views and suggestions from states, as well as the consideration of documents and treaties related to friendship and cooperation. This suggests that the category may be related to international cooperation or diplomacy.

**Category**
International trade, Culture