donors. This would afford a neans of testing and exploiting lnternational 60l ldar itYt (b) Th€ strengtheninq of the corPoration by as€lgning to lt part of IMFrs gold reserves, whlch ttould thus serve as collateral for borrowinq by the corPorat lon. 5" once these arrangenents have been inst'ituted, the r,ealthy countries should be invited, in the name of international solldarity, to asaume their respons lbi li t les by provlding the funds reguired for a large-scale campalgn' UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS IOr19inaI: Russianl A letter dated 20 Auqu8t in 1982 but received ln UNEP only in July 1985 stated that the soviet Gov€ rnnent is not in favour of the establishnent of an lnternatlonal f inancial corporatlon. YUGOSLAVIA lorig inal: Bnq li sh I IIl June I98 51 Yugoslavia is givlng full support to efforts of the international conmunity for combating desert if icat ion. Ilonever, at this stage, Yugoslavia reqrets it is unable to Participate in financing non-cornnercial projects in this field' ZAIRE Ioriginal: Frenchl [23 uarch 1985] The Executive Council supports the establishrnent of an internatlonal financial corporatlon to finance desertification control projects. Hovever, zaire 13 not yet ln a position to provlale a positive response to any request for contrlbutions' L/40/644 English Page 12 IIr. CONCLOSToITS 7. Thls is the thirat report to be subNtitteal to the ceneral Assenbly on theresPonse of uenber statea to tbe expert studies on flnancing the pran of Action toconbat Desert if tcat ion. The frrst waa presented by the secretary-cene ra I at thethirty-seventh session, ar*t incruated re;ponses from 14 ftenbe r states. The secondreport, rrhlch lncluded an addltlonal 18 repries, flas subri.tted to the thirty-eighthsession. A tabuLar sunnary of the replles of 3{ Governnents is given in the tabre
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international cooperation and financial arrangements to combat desertification, which is a natural environmental issue. The text also mentions international solidarity and financial contributions from wealthy countries, which suggests a focus on economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Economic development