UNITED NATIONS (@pGeneral Aseembly Distr. GENERAI, A/40/7 36l0 October ORIGINAIJ:1985 ENGLISH Fortieth session Agenda item ?9 UNITED NATIONS NELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FON PATESTINE NEFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAS? Rapporteur: !tr. Sverre BERCH aIOSANSEN (Norway) @NTENTS ACTIVITIES OF THE VIORKI NG GROUP DURING 1985 AINANCIAL SITUATION OF TTIRI{A @NCI,,UDING REMARKSI. INTRODUCTION A. Origin and background of ebe ir&crking Group B, Consideratlon of the report of the Worklng croup at thethirty-ninth eession of the General AssenblyParagraphs page 1-8 2 l-3 2 4-8 9 - 13 14-2L 22-28II. III. rv.3 5 f, 85-2?931 I6Osn (E) Al40/736 Engl i8tr Page 2 l. The iforklng Group on the Slnancing of Ehe gnited Nations nelief and works Agency for Pal€8tlne Refugees ln the Near East (t'NRt{A} *aE established by tshe Generl1 Assenbly under re;Iution 2656 ( tcKV) of ? Decenber 1970 fo €Eudy all alpecte of the financltlg of the Agcncy. In tbe reeol'ution' tbe Assenbly requested the tforklng Group to easl5t the gecretary-Gene rel an't the Cmnlssioner-General of uNnnA tn re.ching dolutionE to the problcoa posed by Ebe AgencyrB financial crisis' 2. At the teenty-fif,th and eucceeding sesalonE' the General Assenbly considered the reporEs submltted to it by tbe worklng Group, !,/ and adopted t:":]::l"n" comenali,ng the efforts of Ehe norklng Gro;P and reduest lnq it to conEinue then for a fuEth"r yeat. // 3. the lorklng Group @naiats of th€ EePresenlatlves of Prance' Ghana' Japan' t€banon, !|oreay, Trinlatatl .nd Tobago ' turkGy, the Unlted Kingdoo of Great Britain and Norchern Iieland and the Uniteal Etates of &DeEica' At i'ts neettng on I lirtch 1985, the forktng Group elected l'tr. Ilter T0rkren of Turkey to succeed tlr. A. Colkun Kirca as iEa Chllrnan. 4. The report of th€ $orklng GrouP on its actlvlBies in 1984 i/ was considered b!'
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report on the financial situation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It discusses the activities of the Working Group, a committee established by the General Assembly to study the financial aspects of UNRWA. The report provides an overview of the agency's financial situation, including its income and expenses, and makes recommendations for improvement. Given the focus on the financial aspects of a specific humanitarian agency, I hypothesize that this text is most closely related to the category of Humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief