United Nations GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY -NINTH SESSION Official Records* • . ; . . ~ . .• . NOV 8 1984 THIRD COMMITTEE 19th meeting held on Wednesday, 24 October 1984 at 3 p.m. SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 19th MEETING Chairman: Mr. MADAR (Somalia) CONTENTS AGENDA ITEM 85: INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR: PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT, PEACE: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (continued) AGENDA ITEM 89: POLICIES AND PROORAMMES RELATING TO YOUTH: REPORl' OF TJ{E SECRETARY-GENERAL (continued) AGENDA ITEM 90: QUESTION OF AGING: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (continuea) AGENDA ITEM 91: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORLD PROORAMME OF ACTION CONCERNING DISABLED PERSONS: REPORl' OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (continued) .,,. •Thi' r~-ord i• ,ubjeo:t to corrc..~ion. Correclion•lihould be IICIIt unclet the sianature or a -ber of the dcle- !lllion ,-on•..,rncd wit/till 011r .. wt uftltr dittr uf /Hiblhliotlto the Chid or the Of1lcial leconla Edlclna Seclloa, roon~ 0<:2.- 750. 2 Unit,'<! Nations Plaza. and incorporat~ in a <IIPJ of the -d . Dis tr. GENERAL A/C~3/'39/SR.l9 29 October 1984 k ORIGINAL: ENGLISH 84-56958 3467S (E) ; ... A/C.3/39/SR.l9 English Page 2 The meeting was called to order at 3.15 p.m. AGENDA ITEM 85: INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR: PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT, PEACE: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (continued) (A/39/185 and 262; A/C.3/39/L.6) AGENDA ITEM 89: POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES RELATING TO YOUTH: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (continued) (A/39/262) AGENDA ITEM 90: QUESTION OF AGING: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (continued) (A/39/147) AGENDA ITEM 91: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME OF ACTION CONCERNING DISABLED PERSONS: REPORT OF THE SECRE~ARY-GENERAL (continued) (A/39/191) 1. Mr. YOLAH (Under-Secretary-General for International Economic and Social Affairs) said that, in spite of efforts made in the past two decades, poverty remained a major challenge to the world community, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. · While the long-term implications of the global recession had still 