proces s to erork out a comrnon negotiatir_g pos j.t j.on onthe part of a Group v;ith at:empts ire ing roacle , at tlmes ,by i.ndj-vidual delegations to pro j ect nat j.onal .pos itj-ons as the conmon negotiating stand. It has. been seen jn recent ye ars t}lat tiee scheduled lr€etings both in the UNCEAD .nd the Second Conmittee have tc be postponed over and over again for the Groups to meet ia order tosort ou-t the differences betr^reen the membe rs of theGroups. Furthe rmore, any degree of flexibiiagy or. ad j ustment in the . negotiating pos j---ions has E,eccrne fitoredj.ff:cult vrhen every such rnove has to be, en4gr".,q a, eech negotiating group. rt is for considerati.on whe-uhertlte process of negotiations nj.ght not lnr speedeo up ifthe estabLished groups are regarded as r.orums forconsultations rather than as the machj_nery for i:orglncg comnbn negot1at1ng posltions* Furthe rmore, !t ml.ght be wothwhi] e to contemplate indepth negotiations at afewer nurnber of stages Secondly, tl.e re would apfEar to be an urgen.E, need to carry out a grocess of rationalisation in thework of the -qecond Cornmittee rarhich had alreadY been decided upon at the thirty-e igtrth session. At present, the Sss666 Corirniti.r_.e is charged, in addition to .,,rh.rt may be termed as normaf j.ssues of developnrent, wltfirnatters like channelising aid to j.ndirriduaL naticns anddebating on a lride range of matters beginning with Energry', Popul atlon control etc., and embrancing a1l.matters j.n the flelC of Environr€nt includingi waterpollution. rnarine envlronment, clese rtiflcation ete. Itis little lronder, there fore, that -,{ith this kind ofwide and dlvergent agenda it had to work out as may as74 resolutions durlng tfre thlity-nlnth sessj.on. Thlsi/to/tze Engliehpage 19 could hardly allow any slgnifi-cant opportunlty for tlre Second Comnittee to effectlvely deliberate upon economlc lssues of develolrrEnt. It is for considEratlon whe tlrer tt ml.ght not be feasible uo allocate agenda items