-91-108.TheCouncil allocated theitemtotheSecond(Sacial) Committee, which con.id.red itatit.11thto14th, 16th, 19th,20thand23rdmeeting., from10to J~Mayandfrom16to19May1989. 109.Atita11thto14thmuting., th..Committee heldageneraldhcu..iono;!thll item.Atita11thmeeting. on1.0May.theCommittee heardintroductory .tate~.nt. bytheDirector of~heDivl.ion fortheAdvancement ofWomenoftheCentr~for SocialDevelopment andHumanitarian Affairs oftheUnitedNations Secretariat and bytU3Direntor oftheInternational Research andTraining Inltit~te forthe Advancement ofWomen. 110.A110atthe11thmeeting. Itatement, weremadebytheoblervere forSpain(on behalfof.th"Stat..Members oftheUnitedNation. thataremembers oftheEuropean Economir Community), theD~minican Republic andrgypt. Theob.erver forthe Commi••ionoftheEuropean Communitie. allomadea.tatement. Theob.erver forthe Intarnationa1 Organilation ofCon.umers Union., anon-governmental orqanilation in co~.ultative .tatu.withtheCouncil. category I,madea.tatem~nt. 111.AttheUth,.Ieetinq, on11May,.tatement .•weremadebytherepre.entatives of Clecho.10vakia, IndiaandNewZealand a~dtheob.erver forMexico. A.tatement was al.omadebytheobaerver fortheRepublic ofKorea. Therapre.entative ofthe WorldBankmadeastatement. Statements weremadebytheobservers forthe. International Council ofWomel,theInternational Confederation ofFreeTrade Union.andtheWomen's International Democratic Federation, non-governmental orqanilation. incon.ultative atatuawiththeCouncil, category I. 112.ktthe13thmeetiLq, on11May,atatementa wer&."adebytherepre..ntatives of Poland, Tuni.ia, China,D4nmark (onbehalfoftheNordiccountries), SriLanka, Kenya.theUnionofSovietSocialilt R",publicI, tl••Bahamal, theUllrainian Soviet Socia~i.t R.pub1ic, Japan, Jor~anandIndonesia andtheob••rv.r.forthe Byeloru8aian SovietSociali.t a.public an~Paki8tan. 113.Atthe14thm••ting,on12May,statements wer~madebytherepr•••ntative. of Gr••ce,theUnit.d St~teaofM'81:ica, BUlgaria, Canada, Cuba,Jugo.lavia, Nicaragua, France, U~uguay, Venezu.la, theLibyanArabJamahitiya, omanand Cameroon andthAob.erv.r8 forthePhiliprlne., Bang1ad'8h, ChileandCostaRioa. RICO!Mlend.tiJ)£..~taiud inth.reportoftheCQllVDiuion ODthe8~~~~1ofWgm'JLon itlthirtY-Iecond ••••iOD Enlarqem.nt oftheCommi••ionontheStatu.ofWomen 114.ayd.o!.lion 1988/.l25 of27May1988,theCouncil haddecided totakeactionat itafirstregular••••iODof1989ondraftr.solution XIII,entitled "Enlargement oftheCommillion ontheStatuIofWomen", whichl:adbe.nr.commendeCl bythe Comml'lio~ ontheStatusofWomenatitathirty-.econd ••••ion.andtheamendm.nta propo.ed ther.~;, contained indocument E/1988/C.2/L.2. Theresolution. whichwal circulated injocument t/1989/C.2/L.1. reada8fol1owa, "Thet.:onom!.c IndSocial':ounill, "R.calling it.re.olution 1987/23 of2"May1987,inwhichitacc.pted, inprincipl., theenlarqement oftheCommi8sion ontheSt~tuaofWomenand decided thattheCommission. atit.thirty-.econd ae••ion,shoulddi.C1l8S and -92-.ubmitpropo••l.tothis.ndtotheCouncil.tit.fir.tr.gul.r••••ionof 1988, "BlAring inmindth.tthem.mb.r.ahip intheUnitedN.tioDl h.sincr••••d from120MemberSt.te.in1966to159Memb.rSt.t•••ndth.ttheCommi••ion h.snotb••n.nl.rg.d proportionat.ly, "Conald.ring th.thsu.sr.Jatedtowom.nhavegrownincomglexity andin nwnber, particularly inthed.veloping world, "1.Decid••toincn•••them.mb.rship oftheCommhdon ontheStatu. ofWom.nfromthirty-two toforty.·thre. membllUI "2.A1.0d.Cide. that t~••lloc.tion of•••t.shouldb.in.ccord.nce withth.toftheCommission onHum.nRight., IQI "3Further deci4alth.ttheenlarg.ment oftheCommi••ion.halltake eHectfron,theb.ginninCjJ of19891 "4.Al.odecid" tof111theadditional .eaUre.ulting fromthe enl.rge~.nt wh.ntheel.ctions ar.heldin1988tofillthevacancies inthe Commi.sion." 115.Th.(ollowillg am.ndment. (E/1988/C.2/L.2) tothedraftre.olution h.db••n propos.d bytheob••rv.rforTuni.ia, 411onb.h.lfoftheSt.t••M.mb.r. ofthe Unit.dN.tions thatarem.mbers oftheGroupof77,andwerealsocircul.ted in dO'lwnent E/1989/C.2/1...11 (a)Inop.rative par.graph 2,thewords"th.toftheConvnillion onHum.n Ri~,hts" wouldbereplaced bythewords"theprinciple of.quitable geographic.l distdbution" I (b)Inop.rative p.ragraph 3,theworc1."fromthebeginning of1989"wouldbe repl.ced bythewords"notlaterth.ntheb.ginning of1990"1 (c)Operative p.ragraph 4wouldb.deleted. IQ/TheCommis.ion onHwn~nRi;htscon.i.t. ofon.repr•••ntative from.ach of43St.te.Memb.r. oftheUnitedNation••l.ctedbytheCouncil ontheba.i.of an.quitable geographical di.tribution according tothefollowinq pattern 1 (a)El.venm.mbers fromAfricanState., (b)Nin.m.mbers fromlianStates I (c)Eightmember. fromLatinAmerican State., (d)T.nmember. fromWe.tern European andotherStat••, (.)Fiv.m.mbers fromsoci.list State.ofEa.tern Europe.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the expansion of a commission related to women's status and human rights. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a bureaucratic or international organization context. The text mentions countries, organizations, and international agreements, indicating a focus on global governance and international relations.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations