text: UNITED NATIONS General AssemblY Distr. GENERAL A/40/643 18 Septenber 1985 ORIGINAL: ENGTISH Fortieth sesston Item 90 (a) of the provisional agenda* I4ORLD SOCIAL SITUATION 1. rn its resolot\on 3'1,/54 of 3 Decenber l9B2 tbe General Assemblv' inter alia' reguested the secretary-General. when issuinq the 1985 report on the r.,Orld social situation, to include an analysis of the inpl€mentation of the Declaration on socialProqressandDevelopmentandtakei'ntoaccounttheconment'sofde]eqaeions i,lhich lrere made duri.ng the thirty-seventh session of the Assenbly and which would be expressed during ttle thirty-eiqtlth session as well as comments receiued from Member States and the observations nade by the Cornnission for Social Developnen!' through the Economic and social Ccuncil' Tbe 1985 report will be issued in docunent E / cN. 5 /L985/ z/Rev. 1. 2. The General Assenbly. in that resolution, aLso requested tbe secretary-Gene ral, when pres€nting the 1985 report' to subnit an analysis of tbe co-ordination betneen the united Nations and the speciatized agencies in the collectionofsocialstatisticsandthepreparationofreportsonsocialissues' The analysis has been subnitted in document E/cN.5/1985/3' 3. The above-nentioned reports were subrnitted to the cornnission for social Development at its twenty-ninth session. The Economic and social Council' in its resolution Lg85/2r) endorsed the conclusions reactled by the Conmi'ssion and transnitted those conclusions to the General Assembly for its consideration at ies present se s sion. 4. The General Assenbly will have before it the above-tnent ioned reports and the conclusions of the conrnlssion for social Development annexed to Econonic and social Council resolut ion I985/2L. A/40/L5o. 85-2531I 1555n (E)
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the social situation of the world, including the implementation of the Declaration on Social Progress and Development, the coordination of social statistics collection and report preparation, and the conclusions of the Commission for Social Development. These topics suggest that the category should be related to social issues, but the text also mentions the Economic and Social Council, which could indicate a broader economic development focus.