UNITED NATIONS A General AssemblyDistr. LIMITED AlAC.233/L.9 19April1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH ,lIPR?':1890 \.\-,.....'\r-"'··r:r-"'''T:", ',:J..•,-_. -~_'-_. •• .....J."l PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THESPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEVOTED TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, IN PARTICULAR TO THE REVITALIZATION OFECONOMIC GROWTH ANDDEVELOPMENT OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Thirdsession 16-20April1990 Agenda item5 ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FORSUBMISSION TO THE SPECIAL SESSION Draftreport ofthePreparatory Committee onitsthirdsession I.ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS A.Opening andduration ofthethirdsession 1.ThePreparatory Committee helditsthirdsession atUnited Nations Headquarters from16to20April1990. TheCommittee held••••.meetings (lOth to....)andanumber ofinformal consultations during thatperiod. Inaccordance withthedecision takenatthesecond session, informal consultations werealso heldpriortotheconvening ofthethirdsession ofthePreparatory Committee. 2.On16April1990,theChairman ofthePreparatory Committee opened the session. B.Attendance 3.Representatives ofthefollowing Member States attended thethirdsession of thePreparatory Committee: 90-10273 1682d(El /...AlAe.233/L.9 English Page2 Afghanistan Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbabos Belgium Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Fasa Burundi Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Cameroon Canada CapeVerde Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Coted'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Democratic Yemen Denmark Djibouti Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gerrean Democratic Republic Germany, Federal Republic ofGhana Greece Guatemala Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran(Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya LaoPeople's Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia Libyan ArabJamahiriya Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Netherlands NewZealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Paraguay Peru PhilippinesPoland Portugal Romania Rwanda SaudiArabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia Spain SriLanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Syrian ArabRepublic Thailand Togo Trinidad andTobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic UnionofSovietSocialist Republics United ArabEmirates United Kingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland United Republic ofTanzania UnitedStatesofAmerica Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela VietNam Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe 4.Thefollowing non-member States wererepresented byobservers: Democratic People's Republic ofKorea HolySee /...AlAC.233/L.9 English Page3 Republic ofKorea Switzerland 5. The UnitedNations University wasrepresented. 6.Thefollowing specialized agencies wererepresented: International Labour Organisation
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to the United Nations and its activities, specifically the Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to international economic cooperation. The report mentions the attendance of representatives from various countries, non-member states, and specialized agencies, which suggests a focus on international economic issues.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade