text: (b) Transport and comlunicatlons. The focus of contact betrdeen UnitedNatlons speclallzett aqenc ies=;d;?;ic-an intergovernnental organlzatione ulthln thefranework of the gnited Nations Tranaport and cofinunlcatlons Decade in Afrlca(General Assernbry resolution 32/L6ol is the rnter-agency co-ordlnatlng connittee(IACC) of ECA, phoae neetingE are held annually. The Southern Afri.can Transportand Cormunications Connisaion (SATCC) - the SADCC t lng responsibl€ for traneportaDd conmunicatlons - haa been invited to rAcc neetings since the comnlttee rraseatablished but has been unable to attend. Hoeever, the progranme of sATcc i8rutonatlcally lncorporated lnto the Decade progranne, and Decade staff attended the SADCC lDeetings at Luaaka in April 1990. at Maputo in Novenber lggo andat BLantyrein Novenber 198I. Contacts with SATCC to irork out a co-oDerationplanned for later in 1.995 or early in 1996.progranlE are (c) Attendance at Eg.!LEE.. ECA rra a repreeented at the alxth AnnualconferenceE-@TdlifrEbane in earry 1985. rn turn rhe ExecurlveSecretary of SADCC attended fteetinga of the policy organs of the Lusaka-baaedUult lnat ional progran'ing end Operational Centre (uULpOC) of ECA fron lI Eo19 ti'larch 1985. Ite also attended the teentleth session of the connlsgion and theeleventh neetlng of the EcA conference of !.llnlsters, hetd at Addis Ababa fron25 to 29 April 1995. Docunents ard infornatlon were exchanged at theae neetlngs. _ _ (d) Joing ECA/SADCC/PTA Bubronnlttee. At the aeventh neetlng of the ECAconference, held at Addis Ababa in uarcn ls8s, a aub-connittee conslstlnq of flveneaber statea uas establlshed for the purpose of pronot ing co-operacion between tbeEcA Lusaka-based tlul,poc, sADcc and the preferentlal Trade Area for Eastern andSouthern African states (p?A) and harnonizing thelr activitiea. The sub_connltteeIIet at Harare, Zimbabue, on 30 ,tune t9g4 and again at Bujumbura, Burundi, inDecenber 1984. rta third neeting ls schedu]-ed to be herd aturlng the last guarrerof 1985 at a date and place to be fixed. tlorld Food Counctl
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the interactions and coordination between various organizations and agencies related to transport and communication in Africa, specifically the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Southern African Transport and Communications Commission (SATCC). The text mentions meetings, conferences, and committees, indicating a focus on cooperation and coordination in the transport and communication sectors.