(a)Report andrecommendations ofthePanelofEminent Persons established toconduct the1989publichearings onthe activities oftransnational corporations inSouthAfrica and Namibia; Documentation ReportofthePanelofEminent Persons (b)Responsibilities ofhomecountries withrespect tothe transnational corporations operating inSouthAfrica and Namibia inviolation oftherelevant resolutions anddecisions oftheUnitedNations. Documentation ReportoftheSecretary-General -11-! - ,..'"-,,-<,~~ 7.Transnational corporations andissuesrelating totheenvironment. Documentation ReportoftheSecretary-General 8.Roleoftransnational corporations inservices, including transborder dataflows: (a)Roleoftransnational banks; Adoption ofthereportoftheCommission onitssixteenth session.ReportoftheSecretary-General ontheactivities oftheUnited Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations andtheactivities of thejointunitsestablished withtheregional commissions Provisional agendafortheseventeenth session oftheCommission.(b)Roleoftransnational corporations inotherservices. Documentation ReportoftheSecretary-GeneralDocumentation Documentation ReportoftheSecretary-General onresearch results andcurrent and future programmes ReportoftheSecretary-GeneralDocumentationReportoftheSecretary-General Documentation ReportoftheSecretary-General onexperience gainedintechnical co-operation activities9.Ongoing andfutureresearch. 10.Strengthening thenegotiating capacity ofdeveloping countries in theirdealings withtransnational corporations. 12.Activities oftheUnitedNations Centre onTransnational Corporations.11.Comprehensive information system. 13. 14. '1 1I,I 1d.,'d':; IIt ! ,,'I I,,1 '",.,;'.'".1,1" I , I ,'1 .t",Ilrlr"\ ~'"l;,.1, ~'j ~'I ",1hi ~:'..~ 'l~,":"'"l, I '·1 ~1«,I'I .iIi It. andC.Matters brought totheattention oftheCouncil 3.Thefollowing decisions adopted bytheCommission arebrought totheattention oftheCouncil: Decision 1989/1. ~portoftheIntergovernmental Working Groupof Experts onInternational Standards ofAccounting andReporting onitsseventh session and provisional agenda anddQcumentation forthe eighthsession oftheGroup* TheCommission onTransnational Corporations decides: (a)Toapprove thereportoftheIntergovernmental Working Groupof Experts onInternational Standards ofAccounting andReporting onitsseventh session (E/C.10/1989/7) andtocommend theGroupforitswork; (b)Toapprove theprovisional agenda anddocumentation fortheeighth '] session uftheGroupsetoutbelow. 'j ,~PROVISIONAL AGENDA ANDDOCUMENTATION FORTHEEIGHTH j SESSION OFTHEINTEhGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUPOF EXPERTS ONINTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OFACCOUNTING ANDREPORTING 1.Election ofofficers. n2.Adoption oftheagenda andotherorganizational matters. 1 )f , l3.Programme ofworkoftheIntergovernmental Working GroupofExperts onInternational Standards ofAccounting andReporting: (a)Reviewofimportant current developments attheglobal and national levelsinthefieldofaccounting andreporting by transnational corporations, onthebasisofdocumentation received bytheCentre onTransnational Corporations from: (i) Indivi~ual memberStates; (ii)Intergovernmental organizations; (iii)Non-governmental organizations; Documentation Reports oftheSecretary-General, including twoseparate reviews of important current developments inthefieldofaccounting and reporting bytransnational corporations, oneatthegloballeveland Forthediscussion, seechap.Vbelow. -13- theotheratthenational level, andareportcontaining thefinal results oftheinternational surveyoffinancial statements published bytransnational corporations andotherenterprises (b)Discussion ofissuesofaccounting andreporting identified duringtheseventh session: (i)Disclosure ofinformation relating toenvironmental measures; (ii)Accounting forpension costs; (iii)Accounting forandbyjointventures; (iv)Accounting forintangible assets, including goodwill, software andsoforth;