text: theChairman andthePresident oftheEconomic andSocialCouncil.A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting on21Ja.1'1uary 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/L.1385 and Corr.l), theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,totakeuptheaboveitem separately andtoreferittotheSub-Committee onPetitions, Information and Assistance forconsideration andreport. 4.TheSpecial ~ommittee alsotookintoaccount theproV1s1ons ofresolution 1981/54 oftheEconomic andSocialCouncil, adopted atits39thplenary meeting, on22July1981.' Byparagraph 13ofthatresolution, theCouncil drewl'the attention oftheSpecial Committee •••tothepresent resolution andtothe discussions onthesubject a.tthesecondregular session of1981oftheCouncil" (E/198l/C.3/SR.4, 5,7and8andE/1981/SR.39). "f: f~ Iuj7.Atthe.~LEemeeting, theChairrran drew-attention tothe216threportofthe Sub-Committee onPetitions, Informaxion andAssistance (A/AC.I09/L.1400 andCorr.l) ontheitem(seepara.10below), 8.Atthesamemeeting also,therepresentative ofEthiopia madeastatement (A/AC.I09/PV.1191). 9.Atits1192ndmeeting, on11August, theSpecial Committee heardastatement bytherepresentative oftheFoodandAgriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations (FAO)(A/AC.I09/PV.1192). 10.Atthe1193rdmeeting, on12August, theChairman oftheSub-Committee on Petitions, Information andAssistance introduced the216threport01theSub­ Committee (A/AC.I09/L.1400 andCorr.l) containing its:::onclusions and recommendations ontheitemunderconsideration (seeannex11tothepresent crapter). Thereportalsocontained anaccount oftheconsultations heldbythe Sub-Committee duringtheyearatHeadquarters withrepresentatives ofthe International LabourOrganisation (ILO), FAO,theUnitedNations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO), thevlorldHealthOrganization (lfflO), theWorldBank)theInternational Monetary Fund(IMF),theUnitedNations Children's Flmd(UNICEF), theUnitedNations Development Programme (UNDP)andthe OfficeoftheUnitedNations HighCommissioner forRefugees (UNRCR). 11.Atthesamemeeting, therepresentative ofCubamadeastatement (A/AC.I09/PV.1193). Therepresentatives oftheILOandUNESCOalsomadestatements (A/AC.I09/PV.1193). 12.Atits1194thmeeting, on13August, theSpecial Committee heardstatements by therepresentatives ofliHOandthe~orldBank(A/AC.I09/PV.1194). 13.Atthesamemeeting, therepresentative ofBulgaria introduced adraft resolution concerning theitem(A/AC.I09/L.1412) ,whichwasfinally sponsored by Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Cuba,Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, theUnitedRepublic of Tanzania andYugoslavia. 14.Atits1196thmeeting, on17August, theSpecial Committee adopted thedraft resolution without objection (seepara.17below). Statements weremadebythe representatives ofAustralia, Denmark andFiji(A/AC.I09/PV.1196). 15.Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee decidedthatfUrther consultations shouldbeheldasappropriate andnecessary withrespect totheimplementation of specific recommendations oftheSUb-Committee onPetitions, Information and Assistance (seeannex11tothepresent chapter). 16.On18August, thetextoftheresolution (A/AC.I09/676) wastransmitted to theOrganization ofAfrican Unity(OAU)andtothespecialized agencies andother organizations oftheUnitedNations system. B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee 17.Thetextoftheresolution (A/AC.I09/676) adopted bytheSpecial Committee at itsl196thmeeting, on17August1981,towhichreference ismadeinparagraph 14 above,isreproduced below: -95-Reco June----"_ .._-.._...-.'---' -~--_.----~ ..._- ~-'-'~'-' ------ ---_.~. --+.__._._--'---_ ••_- -.~---"'----_ •.-. TheSpecial Committee~ Havingexamined thereportoftheSecretary-General, 1/thereportofthe Chairman 2/andthereportofitsSub-Committee onPetitions, Information and Assistance, 3/concerning theitementitled :lImplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples bythespecialized agencies andtheinternational institutions associated 'tdththeUnitedNations", t c N o t s t Si ~ I; i; Deeplyconscious ofthecritical needoftheNamibian peopleandtheir national liberation movement, theSouthHestAfricaPeople's Organization,Recalling theDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial
analysis: This text appears to be a report from the Economic and Social Council, discussing the implementation of a declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples. The text mentions various organizations and agencies, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which suggests that the topic may be related to economic development, humanitarian aid, and international cooperation.