Atitsfirstregular session of1983,theEconomic andSocialCouncil decided thattheCommission forSocial Development, atitstwenty-ninth session, should consider areportoftheSecretary-General onthesituation ofyouthinthe1980s inconnection withtheInternational YouthYearanddecided further thatthereport should betransmitted totheGeneral Assembly through theCouncil (resolution 1983/14). Atitsfirstregular session of1985,theEconomic andSocialCouncil, interalia,tooknoteofthereportoftheSecretary-General onthesituation of youthinthe1980s(A/40/64-E/1985/5) (resolution 1985/23). Atthefortieth session, theGeneral Assembly willhavebeforeitthe following documents: (a)ReportoftheSecretary-General onthesituation Ofyouthinthe1980s, calledforinEconomic andSocialCouncil resolution 1983/14 (A/40/64-E/1985/5)/ (b)ReportoftheSecretary-General ontheimplementation oftheguidelines andadditional guidelines fortheimprovement ofthechannels ofcommunication /...A/40/rO0/A.dd.L Eno lish Page 53 beteeen the United Nations and youlh orqanizations (A/40/631\, called for under resolut ion 39124 i (c) Report of the S ec relary-Genera I transmittinq tbe report of the Advisory committee tor the tnternational Youth Year on its fourth session (A/40/255'r, called tor under resolution 39122 i (d) Letters dated 9 and 23 May 1985 fron the PernaDent Representatives of tne I Union of Soeiet Socialist Republics and Janaica to the United Nations, respecti.velv. addressed to the S ec r etary-cenera 1 (A/40/298 atd A/4O/3361 . 90. world social si tu at i on: (a) tlorld soci.al situation: reports of the Secrelary-GeneraI At its Chirty-seventh session, in 1982' the General Assenbly had requested the Secretary-General, in preparing the 1985 report on the rrorld social situation, to submit an analysis of t.he co-ordj.nation betlreen the United Nations and the specia!.ized agencies in the collectton of soci.al statistics and lhe preparation ot reports on social issues (Assenbly resolution 37/341 , At i.ts tlrenty-ninth session, in February 1985, the Comnission for social Development considered the and transfiitted ics viees, as conlained in its reporc lE/L985/241 to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular sesslon of 1985. The Conmission also took note of the report of the Secretary-General on co-ordination betseen tbe United Nations and tbe specialized aqencies ln the collection of social slatistics and the preparation of report.s on sociaL issues (E/CN.5/1995/31 .