text: Economic Commission for western Asia, Office of the United Nations Disaster ReliefCo-ordinator, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nationsrndustrial Development Organization, united Nations Environment programme, UnitedNations Centre for Human Settlements, United Nations Childrenrs Fund, UnitedNations Development Programme, United Nations Fund for population Activities,United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,t{orld Food prbgrammer International Iabour Organisation, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Educational" Scientific andCultural Organization, World Hea1th Organization, Universal postal Union,International Telecommunication Union, and International Maritime Organization. 4. The following intergovernmental organizations nere represented; Council ofEurope, European Economic Community, Organization of the fslamic Confrence, andParliamentary Assembly of the Councit of Europe. 5. The folLowing non-governmental organizations were represented: Arab JuristsUnion, Arab Lawyers Union, Caritas Internationalis, Middle East Councit of Churches, l{or1d Federation of Trade Unions, and }lorld peace Council. 6. The Director in the Office of the Director-General for Development andInternationaL Economic Co-operation acted as Chairman. 7 - The meeting had before it the report of the Secretary-General on assistance tothe Palestinian people (,A/40/353-E/LggS/Ll5 and corrigendum) . 8. The meeting was informed that, as requested in r€solution 39/224, thesecretariat had utilized an existing intei-agency mechanism, namely, theconsultative committee on substantive Questions (programme Matters) (ccsg (pRoG) )of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, for consultations. withorganizations and agencies on the co-ordinated prograome. CCSq (pnOC) consideredthe question in April 1985. It was agreed at that meeting that, in order to movetowards a co-ordinated programme of economic and social assistance for thePalestinian people, future or planned activities of the agencies should be groupedthematically into three categories: (a) development activities, (b) education andtraining and (c) health. Information on current activities would, as in previousreports, be p.resented organization by organization.A/40/3s3/Add.L E/L985/LrslAdd.1 English Page 3 II. COTiICLUSIONS OF THE MEETING 9. It was recognized by the participants that the meeting provided a useful forum to assess progress in economic and sociaL assistance to the Palestinian people and to explore r,rays and means of enhancing such assistance. The meeting also noted
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a meeting of various organizations to discuss assistance to the Palestinian people, with a focus on economic and social development. The report mentions various organizations, including those related to development, education, health, and humanitarian aid. The meeting aimed to assess progress and explore ways to enhance economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people.