text: UNITED NATIONS General AseemblyDistr. GENERAL A/40/57s 5 Septenber I98 5 ORIGINAL: ENGIJISII Fortieth sesslon Iten 84 (e) of the provlslonal agendar I . IMRODUCTIONDEVEI,OPIIEIIT AND IIi}TARNATIONAL ECONOUIC CO-OPER,ATION: ECONOIIIC AND TECIINICAL CO-OPERATION AIIONG DEI'ELOPING COUN]RIES ration b€threen tited Nations Developrent Co-ordlnation Conference Report of the Secretary-Genera I CONTENTS Paragraphs t-5Page II. PROGR.AII,II4ES OF Tffi SOUTHBNN AFRICAN DEVELOPTiIEM CO-ORDINATION CONFERENCE A. Sixth Conference of SAEC B. Si:(th Suftrnit of SADCC C. Uajor issueg affectlng the overall developnent of tbe SADCC programe . ... .... D. Progress ln fundlng proJectst2 14 19-20 - lr - 13 -18 -204 5 6 III. Annex.ACTIOII BY TEE UNITED NA"IONS 2L - 48 Sumnary of the progress report on funding of SADCC projects A/ 40/r5O .I9 85-24300 I715n (E) A/40/s79 Eng llsh Page 2 I. IMRODUCTION 1. In lts reEolution 39,2215 of 18 Decenber 1984 cntLtled "Co-operatlon between the United Natlone and the Southern Afrlcan Develop8ent Co-ordination Conference" (SADCC), the ceneral Aasenbly comended the organs, organlzationa and bodies of the Unlted Natlons syaten that have already establlshed contact rrlth SADCC and requested the Secretary-General, ln conaultatlon rrith the Ex€cutlve Secretary of SADCC, to contlnue contacts ained. at provlding and harnoniztng co-operatlon betseen SADCC and the United Natlons. In paragraph 4, the secretary-ceneral was requestedto Eubnit a report on the lnplenentation of th€ resolution to the General Assenblyat its fortieth sesslon, 2. It nay be recal!.ed that SADCC r'as fornally establlshed by the Lusaka Declaratlon of I Aprtl 1980, entltled isouthern Africa: Towards EconmicLiberationi (eee A/39/499. annex r). The Declaratlon, anong other thlngs, affirmedthat: trIn the tntere6t of tbe pe@le of our countrles, lt Ls necessary to l-lberate our econonLeg fron thelr dependence on the Republlc of south Africato ov€rcolDe the lnpoBed econonlc fragnentatlon and to co-ordinate our efforts towards reglonal and natlonal econoDlc dcveloprent.
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the United Nations on the progress of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) in terms of economic cooperation and development. The report discusses the conference's goals, progress, and challenges in achieving economic liberation from dependence on the Republic of South Africa. The text also mentions funding projects and the role of the United Nations in supporting SADCC's efforts.