recommendations andemphasized theimportance ofeffective follow-up. Inthis context, somedelegations feltthattheSecretariat shouldprovide, asconclusions, aclearstatement ofitsobjective insights andviewsratherthanasetof consensus conclusions, whichoftentendedtobebothblandandvague.Itwasfelt thatthiswouldbeausefUlgaugeofthesystem's capacity forconstructive self­ criticism. Asuggestion wasalsomadethattheCommittee mightbenefit inits reviewofthefuturedevelopment ofcross-organizational programme analyses by considering atitstwenty-sixth session areportontheresults ofprevious analyses. 440.TheCommittee didnotfeelthatthereportbeforeitgavemembers anadequate basisonwhichtosel~ctthesubject forcross-organizational program~e analysis in 1987andrequested information onalternatives toenvironment, thesubjec~ recommended bytheAdministrative Committee onCo-ordination. Onthebasisofthat information, theCommittee considered foursUbjects: environm~nti science and technology fordevelopmenti womenanddevelopmenti andtransport. Thesubject of industrial development wasalsomentioned asapossibility. Afteranextended exchange ofviews,theCommittee decided toconsider cross-organizational programme analyses oftheactivities oftheunitedNations systemintheareaofs~ience and technology fordevelopment atitstwenty-seventh session, in1987,andinthearea ofenvironment atitstwenty-eighth session, in1988.Reservations wereexpressed onselecting thesubject for1988threeyearsinadvance. Itwasstressed thatnot onlyenvironment butalsoanumberofothersubjects, inclUding tra,nsport and industrial development, metthethreebasiccriteria forselection, namely, the manageability oftheanalysis, thescopeforimprovement inco-ordination and co-operation andtheinterest ofthesubject toMemberStates. B.Follow-up tothecross-organizational programme analysis ofthe activities oftheUnitedNations systeminmarineaffairs 1.Introduction 441.Atits4thand34thmeetings, on30Apriland20May,theCommittee considered thenotebytheSecretary-General onthefollow-up tothecross-organizational programme analysis oftheactivities oftheUnitedNations systeminmarineaffairs (E/AC.51/1985/3), theannextowhichcontained areportoftheSecretaries-General ofIMOandUNCTADregarding consultations onmaritime liensandmortgages. Forthe conclusion andrecommendation oftheCommittee, seeparagraph 716below. -92- ,1/.' .I2.Discussion 445.Atits3rdand4thmeetings, on29and30April,theCommittee considered the reportoftheSecretary-General onthescopeandgeneral approach ofthe cross-organizational programme analysis ofeconomic andsocialresearch andpolicy analysis (E/AC.5l/1985/6). Fortheconclusions oftheCommittee, see paragraphs 717-722 below.443.Anumberofdelegations observed thattheclarification requested bythe Committee atitstwenty-fourth session regarding thearrangement proposed bythe twoorganizations tomeettheneedsofdeveloping countries intheareaofmaritime transport andtheproposed involvement oftheregional commissions inthatexercise hadnotbeenprovided. Follow-up action wasanessential aspectof cross-organizational programme analyses, andtherewasinsufficient information in thereportbeforetheCommittee todrawconclusions regarding duplication and overlaps intheareaofmaritime transport. In their 1.IntroductionC.Scopeandgeneral approach ofthecross-organizational programme analysis ofeconomic andsocialresearch and policyanalysis444.TheCommittee therefore requested theSecretariat toobtain fromIMOand UNCTADadditional information duringthecourseofthetwenty-fifth session. accordance withthatrequest, IMOandUNCTADsubmitted further information on activities inthefieldofmaritime transport andontheinvolvement ofthe regional commissions, whichwassubsequently circulated indocument E/AC.5l/l985/3/Add.l.442.Inintroducing thenote,theDirector oftheInterorganizational Co-operation andJointPlanning BranchoftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination recalled thattheinitial reportonfollow-up tothecross-organizationa! programme analysis onmarineaffairs bytheSecretaries-General otIMOandUNCTAD (E/AC.5l/l984/4, annex)hadbeenconsidered bytheCommittee tobeapreliminary report, sinceconsultations werestillinprogress between thetwoorganizations on areasofresponsibility andtheidentification ofpossible jointorco-operative programmes regarding maritime liensandmortgages. Thejointreport now~eforethe Committee contained thetextofanagreement between IMOandUNCTADonthtmethod ofworktobefollowed bythetwoorganizations intheareaofmaritime liensand mortgages.