toparagraphs 12and13ofitsdecision 34/401. AsMembers areaware,thishasbeenaserious problem, especially towards the endofthesession. Thisyear,Friday, 6December, isthetargetdateforthe conbclusion oftheworkoftheMainCommittees, exceptfortheFifthCommittee. Inthisconnection, theGeneral Committee alsodrawstheAssembly's attention toregulation 4.9oftheR3gulations Governing Programme Planning, theProgramme ASpects oftheBudget, theMonitoring ofImplementation andtheMethods of Evaluation (resolution 37/234, annex), whichreadsasfollows:AINI/ap A/40/PV.3 12 (ThePresident) -NoCouncil, Commission orothercompetent bodyshalltakeadecision involving either·achangeintheprCJ9ramrae budgetapproved bytheGeneral Assembly orthepossible requirement ofexpenditure unlessithasreceived and takenaccountofareportfromtheSecretary-General ontheprogramme bUdget implications oftheproposal .•-(resolution 37/234, annex) Paragraphs 18and19refertodocumentation. Inparagraph 18theGeneral CODIDittee drawstheGeneral Assembly's attention topuagraph 28ofitsdecision 34/401. Regarding paragraph 19,mayIconsider thattheGeneral Assembly approves the recommendation oftheGeneral Committee regarding theneedformaximumrestraint in requests byMemberStatesandsubsidiary organsforcirculation ofmaterial as Official documents oftheGeneral Assembly? Itwassodecided. ~RESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Weturnnowto paragraph 20.TheGeneral Committee drawstheGeneral Assembly's attention to paragraph 32ofitsdecision 34/401concerning resolutions. Inparagraph 21,relati~ tospecial conferences, theGeneral Committee draws theGeneral Assembly's attention torecommendation 6oftheCommittee on Conferences, adopted bytheAssembly inparagraph (b)ofitsdecision 34/405. Inparagraph 22,theGeneral Committee, inthelightofrecommendations submitted bytheCommittee onConferences, recommends totheGeneral Assembly that thefollowing subsidiary organsoftheAssembly shouldbeauthorized tohold meetings duringthefortieth session: (a)AdHocComitteeontheIndianOcean; (b)AdvieolY Committee ontheUnitedNations Educational andTraining .ProgralIl11e forSouthern Africa;AUiI/ap A/40/PV.3 13 (ThePresident) (c)Committee ofTrustees oftheunitedNations FundforSOUthAfrica. (d)Committee onRelations withtheBostCountry; (e)Committee ontheExercise oftheInalienable RightoofthePalestinian People, (f)S~cial Committee against Apartheid; (g)UnitedNations Council forNamibia, and (h)Working GroupontheFinancing oftheunitedNations ReliefandWorks AgencyforPalestine Refugees intheNearEast. MayItakeitthattheGeneral Assembly approves thatrecommendation? Itwassodecided. ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Alsoinparagraph 22the General Committee drawstheattention oftheAssembly toparagraph 3ofGen~ral Assembly resolution 39/161A,according towhichthePreparatory Committee forthe Fortieth Anniversary oftheUnitedNationswillcontinue tofunction untilthe observance oftheanniversary. MayIconsider thatitisthewishoftheAssembly totakenoteofthis? Itwassodecided. ThePRESIDENT (interpretation fromSpanish): Finally, inparagraph 23, dealing withtherationalization ofwork,theGeneral Committee drawstheattention oftheAssembly tothemainconclusions oftheMeeting ofthePresidents ofthe General Assembly ontheoccasion ofthefortieth anniversary oftheUnitedNations, heldinNewYorkfrom6to10June1985. Thatcompletes ourconsideration ofsectionIIofthereportoftheGeneral Committee, whichrelatestotheorganization ofthesession. WeturnnowtosectionIIIofthereportoftheGeneral Committee, relating to theadoption oftheagenda. •r Aritl/ap A/40/PV.3 14-15 (Thej'resident) May1recalltomembersoftheGeneral Assembly rule23oftherulesof procedure whichprovides that: "Debate ontheinclusion ofanitemintheagenda, whenthatitemhas beenrecommended forinclusion bytheGeneral Committee, shallbelimited to threespeakers infavourof,andthreeagainst, theinclusion." 1shouldliketostressthatatthistimewearenotdiscussing thesubstance ofanyitem. Inparagraph 25,theGeneral Committee recomnends totheGeneral Assembly that sub-item 16(a),"Election offifteen membersoftheIndustrial Development BOard", bedeleted fromtheagendainasmuch astheUnitedNationsIndustrial Development
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report from the General Committee of the United Nations, discussing various organizational matters, such as the conclusion of work in Main Committees, subsidiary organs, and the adoption of the agenda. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on administrative and procedural matters. While there are no explicit references to specific economic or environmental issues, the mention of the United Nations Industrial Development Board and the Committee on Conferences may indicate a connection to economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, Industry