transnational corporation operations indeveloping countries" wasreplaced bythe phrase"areportanalysing thosetrends andtorecommend waysandmeansof increasing theoperations oftransnational corporations indeveloping countries"; (c)Inoperative paragraph 2,thewords"aswellastheimpact onparallel regional economic integration processes" werereplaced bythewords"and,inturn, theimpact onregional economic integration processes". 29.Atthesamemeeting, theCommission adopted thedraftresolution, asorally revised (seechap.I,sect.A,draftresolution II). ~oleoftransnational corporations intheleast developed countries 30.Atthe10thmeeting, on12April1989,theobserver forMalaysia, 121on behalfoftheStates Members oftheUnitedNations thataremembers oftheGroup of77,introduced adraftresolution (E/C.10/1989/L.6) entitled "Roleof transnational corporations intheleastdeveloped countries" andorallycorrected it. 31.Atthe13thmeeting, on14April,theSecretary oftheCommission madea statement. -21- i j 1,{ I Il ! j 1 '1j j I 1 \, J ! "32.Atthesamemeeting, statements weremadebytherepresentatives oftheUnited Kingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, China,Tunisia andCanada andbythe observer forMalaysia (onbehalfoftheStates Members oftheUnited Nations that aremembers oftheGroupof77). 33.Alsoatthesamemeeting, theSecretary readoutthefollowing rev~s~ons to thedraftresolution whichhadbeenagreedtoduring informal consultations: (a)Inthesecond preambular paragraph, theword"including" wasinserted aftertheword"measures"; (b)Inoperative paragraph 3,thewords"therelationship between" were replaced bythewords"theimpactof"andthewords"andflows" werereplaced by thewords"onflows". 34.Atthesamemeeting, theCommission adopted thedraftresolution, asorally revised (seechap.I,sect.A,draftresolution Ill). -22-~I. I ,, .ted the .tChapter III ACTIVITIES OFTHEUNITED NATIONS CENTRE ONTRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 35.TheCommission considered item4ofitsagendaatits10th,11th,12thand 13thmeetings, on12,13and14April1989.Ithadbeforeitthefollowing docwnents: (a)Chapter 23oftheproposed revisions tothemediwn-term planforthe period 1984-1989, extended to1991(A/43/6); (b)Relevant partsofthereportoftheCommittee forProgramme and Co-ordination ontheworkofitstwenty-eighth session (A/43/16 (PartI»; (c)Report oftheSecretary-General ontheprogramme performance ofthe United Nations forthebiennium 1986-1987 (A/43/326 andCorr.1); (d)NotebytheSecretary-General onthepreparation ofthemedium-term plan fortheperiod 1992-1997 (A/43/329); (e)Report oftheSecretary-General ontheactivities oftheUnited Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations andtheactivities ofthejointunits established withtheregional commissions (E/C.l0/1989/3); (f)NotebytheSecretary-General ontheproposed workprogramme ofthe United Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations andthejointunitsestablished withtheregional commissions forthebiennium 1990-1991 (E/C.10/1989/CRP.1); (g)NotebytheSecretariat onpreliminary considerations onthepreparation ofadraftproposed programme ontransnational corporations forthemedium-term planfortheperiod 1992-1997 (E/C.10/1989/CRP.2); (h)NotebytheSecretariat onrecurrent documents andpublications ofthe United Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations (E/C.10/1989/CRP.3). 36.Inintroducing theitem,theExecutive Director oftheCentre reviewed the activities oftheCentre. Heemphasized thattheCentre continued tocarryoutthe activities ontransnational corporations according toatransparent six-month work programme whichprovided detailed information ontheresponsibilities ofstaffand thestages ofimplementation ofongoing projects. Apartfromserving asakey internal management tool,itensured effective inter-agency co-ordination. The Executive Director explained thattheCentre wouldbemeeting therequirements of itser.panded mandate withreduced staffasaresult ofpostreductions inthe