text: recommendations. First, the United Nations should absorb the activities currently funded through extra­ budgetary resources into its regular budget, thereby releasing such resources for population problems. Additional importance should also be attached to the promotion of awareness of population issues throughout the world, in order to attract more support for multilateral population activities, as well as additional resources. Secondly, UNFPA's role in the implementation of the World Population Plan of Action20 and the recommendations20 of the Mexico City Conference should be stressed. Thirdly, the mandate of UNFP A in new areas, such as the integration of population in development planning, migration, urbanization, and youth and aging should be clearly established. Fourthly, the Governing Council of UNDP should hold a separate session to discuss UNFPA matters. Fifthly, for better imple­ mentation, as well as monitoring and evaluation of UNFP A programmes at the country level, there should be separate UNFPA resident representatives at that level. 7. His delegation attached great importance to the issue of co-ordination both within the United Na­ tions system and at the national level. The popula­ tion activities of the United Nations should focus primarily on population programmes in developing countries. All other activities relating to population matters should be oriented to support such pro­ grammes. Under the existing arrangements, the rele­ vant intergovernmental bodies, such as the Popula­ tion Commission, the Governing Council of UNDP and the regional commissions, were not in a position to arrive at valid, coherent and well-co-ordinated conclusions on population issues. Immediate and effective measures should be taken to redress that situation. While the recommendations of the Secre­ tary-General had attempted to address the question of the interplay between the monitoring of popula­ tion policies and the monitoring of multilateral population programmes, those recommendations were inadequate to remove the anomalies existing in 
analysis: The text discusses the United Nations' activities and recommendations regarding population problems, with a focus on funding, coordination, and program implementation. The text highlights the importance of addressing population issues in developing countries and promoting awareness globally. These topics suggest that the text falls under the category of global issues related to human development and social welfare.