text: iiOWiIllW"" UNITED NATIONS"PiIWIi~j_ 'n:z11~:Ui 'Ut."".. wGeneral AssemblyDistr. LIMITED A/C.2145/L.5 21September 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH 11Forty-fifth session Agenda item83 EXTERNAL DEBTCRISIS ANDDEVELOPMENT Establishment ofanadvisory commission ondebtanddevelopment NotebytheSecretariat 1.Byitsdecision 44/445 of22December 1989,theGeneral Assembly, onthe recommendation oftheSecond Committee, decided todeferuntilitsforty-fifth session consideration ofthedraftresolution entitled "Establishment ofan advisory commission ondebtanddevelopment". Thetextofthedraftresolution is reproduced below. TheGeneral Assembly decides: (a)Toestablish, undertheaegisoftheSecretary-General, anadvisory commission ondebtanddevelopment composed ofeminent persons fromthe academic, political andfinancial sectors withknowledge andexperience in international finance, tradeanddevelopment, todevelop innovative approaches andevolve specific proposals related toalltypesofdebtinordertosolve thedebtproblem ofdeveloping countries inamanner consistent withtheir sustained growth anddevelopment. Debtor andcreditor interests shallbe represented i.nthemembership ofthecommission, whichshalltakeintoaccount theneedforappropriate geographical representation andregional balance. Thecommission shalltakeintoconsideration thevarious existing studies and recommendations onthesubject, including theviewsoftheSecretary-General setoutinhisreportentitled "Towards adurable solution ofthedebt problem" .1/andthoseexpressed bytheUnited Nations Conference onTradeand Development intheTradeandDevelopment Report, 1988.2/Thecommission 1/A/43/647 andCorr.l. ~/United Nations publication, SalesNo.E/B8/II.D.8 90-23525 184lf(E) /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/C.2/45/L.5 English P~e2 shallbeestablished foratleastthreeyearsandshallsubmitannual reports totheGeneral Assembly; Cb)Torequest theSecretary-General toappoint themembers ofthe commission andorganize support stafffromwithintheUnitedNations and, through secondment orotherappropriate means, fromrelevant intergovernmental organizations andbodiesoftheUnitedNations system, andtoreport tothe General Assembly atitsforty-fifth session ontheimplementation ofthe present decision. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library
analysis: This text appears to be related to economic issues, specifically debt and development, and its impact on developing countries. It mentions international finance, trade, and development, which suggests that it falls under the category of economic development. The text also touches on the role of the United Nations and its agencies, which adds an international dimension to the topic.