of population activities and family welfare in his own country, stressed that the role of the United Nations system c~uld not conflict with the sovereign right of each nation to set its own population policies. Referring to the last sentence of paragraph 27 of the Secretary-General's report, he suggested that consen­ sus was not necessarily the only means of achieving co-ordination. Moreover, in some cases, activities were not being fully co-ordinated and efforts were being duplicated. 63. The bulk of the report consisted of background information on United Nations involvement in pop­ ulation activities. He would have preferred a more detailed analysis, including justification for the com­ partmentalization of activities. He noted that the entire subject had been given short shrift in para­ graph 66, which only mentioned the "obvious advan­ tages'' of maintaining separate activities. 64. Referring to the responsibility of Governments themselves in determining population policies, which was the subject of paragraph 46 of the report, he stressed that countries such as India would benefit 12th meeting-S May 1986 59 from international and multilateral assistance, partie- management, which had come under valid criticism ularly in the area of research. at the most recent session of the Governing Council 65. In short, without more analytical details, India of UNDP. The latter sho~ld therefor~ devot~ four could make no determination as to whether or not days, rather than two, at tts forthcommg sessiOn to improved co-ordination among United Nations bod-the consideration of UNFPA activities. ies was required. 74. The Population Division should continue to 66. He was also interested in the extent to which a play a central role in research projects, based on the more active role by the regional commissions would operational experience of UNFPA, conducted by the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the role of the United Nations in population activities, family welfare, and related research. The speaker is expressing concerns about the coordination of efforts among UN agencies and the need for more analytical details in reports. The focus is on the international cooperation and assistance in population policies, rather than on economic development or resource management.

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