text: a repofr,lng organ to the Genelal Asselnbly wlth tlre result that fihtters consldered by the ECOSOC have been debated all over agaln by 'Jre Second and the I'hlrd CorGntttees durlng the General Assembly Sesslons.A/40/726 Bnglish Page L9 rt- U@ Ftft1,.onell nations had b'r cotrE orlglnal membe rs of the Unl.ted Natlons under the provislons of Article 3 of the Charter. Other states i're re requlred to appty for nEfiibershJ'p and be ad.mltted uFDn firl ftlrent of tlre condltions set out in Artlcfe 4 bY ttte General Assenlcly on the recofilnendatl.on of the Secu^cltlt Councll ' the process of admlssion of new riembers had begun alrrost as soon as the S ecurlty Counell and tJre General Assembly had corroenced ttre 1r functlonE. only nlne'" states were admlt'.-ed during the remaining ltears of the decade as the matte r of nembership became an area of acute contro- vergy betareen che secufitlt councl-l and the General Asseilbly- Even as early as ln its second sesslon, the General Assernbly passed a resolution requestlng the securtty CounciA to reconslder its decisions in sqne cases. At tbe third sesston the Gsneral lssemnly €ntrusted the 4g g. politlcal CorEnittee to go lnto tlre matler of rnembershlp slnce the contro{e rsy had contlnued to persist. A resolutlon was also adopted 11Argantina, Australia, Belglum, Bo11vla, Br?zLL 'elrionrssla, CdnadaT chlle, China, Colombia, Costagica, Cuba, Czechoslovaklar. Denoark. DomJ'n!.can Recuilic, Ecuador, E q''!rPt, El-salvador, Etlrlop1a, Frince, dieece, Guat-mila, Haiti, i'ior'duras r rpdJ'a, Iran, iraq, Lebanon, Llberj.a, Lu(efiburg, l'lexl'co, tte ttr6rl and-i, New zealand, Nlcaragua, NoF'{ay, Panana, Paragruay. Penr, Phillppines, Poland. s-audl Arabla' sJutfr e?irca, 3yria, irirrey, ukraln, ussR, unlted Kingdom, USA, Unrguay. Venezuela & Yugoslavla. Afghanlstanr Iceland, Sweden and lhalland ln 19d6,pafilstan and Yemen ln 194?, Burma 1n 1948r' lsrael In 1949 and Indonesla ln 1950.LZrA/ 40/726 Eng l ish Page 20
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the process of admitting new member states to the United Nations, which suggests that it is related to international relations and diplomacy. The text mentions the Security Council, the General Assembly, and the admission of new members, which are all key concepts in the field of international relations.