UNITED NATIONS It-~ ~ ' ~ ~ ie ......., <::;"'" General Assembly Eiqhteenth special session GENERAL ASSEMBLY A PROVISIONAL A/S-18/PV. 7 11 May 1990 ENGLISH PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECDRD OF THE SEVENTH MEETING President: later: Held at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 27 April 1990, at 10 a.m. Mr. LOHIA (Vice-President) Mr. JAYA (Vice-President) (PaPUa New Guinea) (Brunei Darussalam) Scale of assessments for the appartionment of the expenses of the United Nations General debate [8] and [9) (continued) This record contains the oriqinal text of speeches delivered in Enqlish and interpretations of speeches in the other lanquaqes. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the General Assembly. Corrections should be submitted to oriqinal speeches onlv. They should be sent under the siqnature of a merrber of the deleqation concerned, within one week, to the Chief, Official Records Editinq Section, Department of Conference Services, room DC2-750, 2 United Nations Plaza, and incorparated in a o:>PI of the record. 90-60039 7397V (E) JB/2 A/S-18/PV. 7 2 In the·absence of the President; Mr~ Lohia (Papua New Guinea), Vice•President, took the chair. ~eeting was called to order at 10.15 a.m. SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (ARTICLE 19 OF THE CHARTER) (A/S-18/8/Add. 1) ~rhe ·PRESIDENT: Before turning to the i tern on our agenda for this morning, I should like to draw the Assembly's attention to document A/S-18/8/Add.l, which contains a letter addressed to the President by the Secretary-General, informing him that, since the issuance of his communication dated 23 April 1990, Peru has made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears belOii the amount specified in Article 19 of the Charter. May I take it that the General Assembly duly takes note of that information? It w a..c; so decided • 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, discussing the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations. The topic seems to be related to finance and budgeting, which suggests that it might fall under a category related to economics or international relations. However, the specific focus on the United Nations and its expenses suggests that it might be more specifically related to international relations or diplomacy.

**Category**
International relations, Economic development