text: andtransport operations, customs clearance andtradedatainterchange. (b)Courseofactionofthesecretariat Datamanagement 13.60Intheareaofstatistics, theUNCTADsecretariat will: -27- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library(a)Continue toreview thestructure, content andrelevance ofrecurrent statistical publications inordertomeettheneedsoftheOrganization andother users; (b)Continue toimprove theexternal tradestatistics, including deflators andthetimeliness ofnational account statistics; (c)Continue tocollect, process andpublish statistics ontradeand financial exchanges amongdeveloping countries; (d)Maintain andimprove theUNCTAD databaseonEconomic TimeSeries (ETS); (e)Produce subsets ofselected series andothersetswithseriesfor individual countries, extracted fromETS,forusewithmicrocomputers; (f)Reinforce datacollection andprocessing intheareaofminerals and metals inordertoservice studygroups andcommittees better; (g)Makespecial efforts tointroduce newstatistical publications using low-cost printing technology; (h)Carryoutresearch workontherefinement andfurther development of available analytical tools, suchastermsoftradeindices, instability indices, andindices ofconcentration ordiversification oftrade. 13.61 TheUNCTADsecretariat willconti.nue theadaptation ofhardware configuration andthemonitoring ofsoftware development andavailability, inorder to: (a)Support alladministrative andtechnical co-operation programmes: (b)Intensify training andassistance forUNCTAD usersindataprocessing applications forprogramme management andoffice automation activities; (c)Develop newlow-cost publishing systems toproduce newstatistical publications: (d)Improve ~~ assistance todeveloping countries ontheestablishment anduseofinformation systems related totradeanddevelopment. 13.62 Theobjective oftheTradeControl Measures Information Systemwillbeto provide acentre ofinformation onmeasures thatcontrol tradeattheborder ofall countries oftheworld. Thatinformation, whichisstandardized according toan UNCTAD coding-system, together withcorresponding tradeflows,isprovided on request toGovernments, organizations oftheUnited Nations system, universities, research institutions andprivate entities. Forthatpurpose, documentation is maintained onthosetradecontrol measures, whichprovides thenecessary inputfor thecontinued development ofthecomputerized databaseontariff andnon-tariff measures covering morethan100developing anddeveloped countries. Inaddition, descriptive notesonregimes oftradecontrol measures ofindividual countries are prepared. -28- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library.,13.63 FortheTradeControl Measures Information System, aworld-wide network of focalpointswillbeestablished within Governments andregional tradeco-operation organizations. Thefocalpointswillbeprovided onaregular basiswithupdates ofthedatabaseontradecontrol measures, whichwillallowlow-cost personal computer accesstothecomplete system. Another commercial dissemination option willbedeveloped forprivate entities. Theinformation ontradecontrol measures thatregulate imports willbecomplemented withinformation onexportregulations. Tradefacilitation 13.64 Tradefacilitation workwillbedirected towards removing orreducing obstacles intheformofprocedures andpaperwork, andbythedevelopment and implementation ofvarious facilitation measures andofmoderntechnical methods for tradedatainterchange. Itsmainfunction willbetoprovide acentral secretariat pointwithin theUnited Nations systemtoservethevarious international bodies participating ininternational facilitation work,toassistintergovernmental co-ordination inthatfield, andtomanage andsupport relevant technical co-operation projects indeveloping countries. 13.65 Theworkwilldevelop inthreemainareas: (a)research anddevelopment;
analysis: The text appears to be focused on international trade and economic development, with a specific emphasis on data management, statistics, and trade facilitation. The language used is technical and formal, suggesting that it is intended for a specialized audience. The topics discussed, such as trade control measures, tariff and non-tariff measures, and trade data interchange, are all related to international trade and economic development.