5. Under the terns of article 57, paragraph 1, of the Aqreement, the States that trad ratified, accepted or aporoved the Agreenent by 30 September 1983 are enpowered 85-27505 1296r (E)A/ 4o/1L7 Engll sh Page 2 to declde on a new perLd for the fulfilment of the requirenents for its entry into force. The Secretary-Gene ral of the United Natlons Conference on Trade and Developnent is consulting vrith the Staies concerned in this connection. It should b€ noted, however, Cha! under the relevant Provislons of the Aqreenent the Processof signature and ratiflcation, acceptance or approval wlll continue as before at United Nationa Headcuartera in New York. 6. Annex I to the present report contains a list of countries that had signed anal ratified. accepted or approved the Agreenent, annex II lists States that have only slgned the Agreenent t annex III lists those States that have no! yet taken any actioni and annex IV contains a llst of the pledges of voluntary contributions to the Second Account of the Fund that have been announced so far.ANNEX I states that have signed €nd ratlfLedr accell!!!_9lg,Plgg1 the Aqreement as at 30 September 1965A/40/7L7 Engllsh Page 3 Afghanistan Alger 1a Argent tna Australia Austr ia Bang ladesh Belg I um Benin Bhutan BotswanaBrazil Burklna Faso Burund 1 Cameroon Canada Cape Verde central Afrtcan Republic Chad China Conoros Dennark Ecuador Egypt Eguatorial Guinea Ethiopla Finland France Gabon Gambia cernany, Federal Republic of Ghana Greece Guatenala cuinea Gulnea-Blssau Haltl India Indonesla raag IrelandItaly Janai,ca Japan KenyaKuuait Lesotho Malawi Ma laysia Ma Ii tlex ico Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Ni9er N iger ia No r\^'ay Pak i stan Papua Nelr Guinea Phi l ipplnes Republic of Korea Rr.'anda Samoa sao Tone and Pr inc iPe Saudi Arabia senegal _Sierra Leone s ingapore somali a SPa in sri Lanka Sudan Sv,eden switzerland Syrian Arab RePubl ic T09o Tunisia Uganda
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the ratification and signing of an agreement related to trade and development. It mentions the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Secretary-General, which suggests an international agreement with economic implications. The text also provides a list of countries that have signed, ratified, or approved the agreement, which further supports the economic development theme.

**Category**
International trade, Economic development