95.Atits15thplenary meetinq, on24May,theCouncil, ontheproposal ofthe President, tooknoteofthereportoftheCommission onTranlnational Corporations onitsfifteenth session (£/1989/28 andAdd.1). SeeCouncil deciaion 1989/125. G.REGIONAL CO-OPERATION 96.TheCouncil considered thequestion ofregional co-operation atitl,e~und regUlar session (agenda item6).Ithodbeforeitthefollowinq documents I (0)NotebytheSecretory-General transmitting thereportoftheJoint Inspection UnitontheEconomic andSocialCommilsion forWe,tern Alia -49-(A/44/206-1/19S9/69 andCorr.l) andcomm.nt. oftheS.cr.tary-G.n.ral th.r~on (A/44/206/Add.l-B/19S9/69/Add.l)1 (b)Progr•••r.portoftheS.cr.tary-G.n.ral onthepr.paratory arrangements fortheS.condTran.port andCommunication. D.cad.inAfrica, 1991.2000 (A/44/255-B/1989/62)1 (c) L.t~~rdat.d11May19S9fromther.pr•••ntativ••ofBolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Bcuador, Guyana, P.ru,Surinam. andV.n••u.latotheUnit.dNations addr••••dtotheS.cr.tary-G.n.ral (A/44/275-B/19S9/79), (d)L.tt.rdat.d12July19S9fromtheCharge P.rman.nt Mi••ionofAlbania totheUnit.d Nat~on. S.cretary-G.n.ral (A/44/395-B/19S9/12S)1'affair••a.i.ofthe ldr••••dtothe (e)Summary ofthe.conomic and.ocial.urveyofA.iaandthePacific, 19S8 (B/1989/55)1 (f)NotebytheS.cr.tary-G.n.ral cran.mitting theint.rimr.portbythe Bx.cutiv. S.cretarie. oftheBconomic Commi••ionforAfricaandtheBconomic Commission forEurop.ontheEurop.-Africa p.~lan.nt linkthrough theStraitof Gibraltar (B/1989/58), (g)Summary oftheeconomic .urv.yofLatinAm.rica andtheCaribbean, 1988 (B/1989/59)1 (h)Summary oftheeconomic .urveyofEurop.in19S5-198~ (B/1989/61)/ (i)Summary ofthesurveyof.conomic and.ociald.v.lopm.nt. intheregion oftheEconomic andSocialCommiR.ion forW••t.rnA.iaduringth. ThirdUnitedNations Development Decade(E/1989/67)1 (j)Summary ofthe.urv.yofeconomic and.ocialcondition. inAfrica, 1987-1988 (E/1989168), (k)Letterdated15May1989fromtheP.rman.nt Repre.entative ofEthiopia to theUnitedNations addressed totheSecretary-General (E/1989194), tran.mitting the t.xtoftheAfrican Alternative Framework toStructural Adju.tment Programmes for Socio-economic Recovery andTran.formation (E/ECA/CM.15/6/Rev.3)1 il (1)ReportoftheSecr.tary-General onr.giona1 co-op.ration (E/1989/96), (m)NotebytheSecretariat containing adraftdeci.ion entitled "Membership ofIsraelintheEconomic Co~~isslon forEurope" (E/1987/L.3Z)/ (n)NotebytheSecretary-Oeneral tran.mitting Industrial Development Board decision IDB.5/Dec.7 onthoIndustrial Development DecadeforAfrica(E/1989/L.32). 97.TheCouncil allocated theitemtotheFirst(Economic) Committee, Which considered itatits15th,16th,18th,21st,22nd,24thand25thmeeting., on11, 13,17,18,20and21July1989. ilSubsequently issuedindocument A/44/3l5. -50-98.Atits15thand16thmeetings, on11July,theCommittee heldageneral discussion ontheitem.Atit~15thmeeting, itheardanintroductory statement by theExecutive Secretary ottheEconomic Commission forEuropeonbehalfofthe regional commi••ions.Atthesamemeeting, statements weremadebythe representatives ofFrance(onbehalfoftheStatesMembers oftheUnitedNations thataremembers oftheEuropean Economic Community), theUnionofSovIetSocialist Republics, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, China,theU'rainian Soviet S~cialist Republic, Indone.ia, Tunisia andIndiaandtheobservers fortheGerman Democratic Republic, YemenandAustralia. 99.Atthe16thmeeting, statements weremadebytherapresentalives ofPoland, theUnitedStatesofAmerica, Ghana,Cuba,NewZealand andZambiaandtheobservers fortheByelorussian SovietSocialist Republic andMorocco. Th.Executive Secretaries oftheEconomic andSocialCommission forWestern Asia,theEconomic Commission forAfricaandtheEconomic andSocialCommission forAsiaandthe Pacific replied toquestions raisudduringthediscussion. R.gomm.ndations contaln.d inth.reportoftheS.cr.ta[¥-G.n.ral OD[.gional co-op.[ation 100.Section IofthereportoftheSecretary-General onre9ional co-operation (E/1989/96) contained recommendations adopted bytheregional commissions calling foractionbyth.Council orbrought toitsattention. ProclAmation ofasecondindustrial d.velopment decad.forAf[ica 101.Atthe21stm.eting, on17July,theobs.rver forEthiopia,ilonbehalfof th.Confer.nce ofMinisters ofth.Bconomic Commission forAfrica, introduce~ a draftresolution (B/1989/C.I/L.4) entitled "Proclamation ofasecondindustrial development decadeforAfrica", submitted onthebasisoftherecommendation contained inparagraph 3ofthereportoftheSecretary-General. 102.Atthe24t~meeting, on20July,theSecretary oftheCommittee informed the Committee that,duringinformal consultations, ithadbeGnagreedtorevise operative paragraph 1ofthedraftresolution byrepladng theword"proclaim" by
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing regional cooperation and economic development, specifically in the context of the United Nations. The documents and reports mentioned are related to economic commissions, industrial development, and regional cooperation, suggesting that the primary focus is on economic development and cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade