text: cases,thisinvolved financial support toenable low-income developing countries to participate inrelevant AIDSmeetings organized byWHOorothergroups. (See chap.IV,decision 1990/18 fortherecommendation oftheCommittee asadopted by theExecutive Board.) 45.Recommendations onco-operation withRotaryInternational forpolio eradication (E/ICEF/1990/P/L.35) andtheEmergency Reserve Fundwereapproved without comment. Theestablishment ofaneducation reserve (E/ICEF/1990/P/L.43) wasalsoapproved, andonedelegation requested thataprogress report besubmitted totheExecutive Boardin1992. Central andEastern Europe 46.Therewasbroadsupport foramodest andtemporary UNICEF response to extraordinary emergency situations andforpolicyanalysis andadvocacy inCentral andEastern Europe asindicated indocument E/ICEF/1990/CRP.4, provided thatsuch assistance wasnotattheexpense ofassistance todeveloping countries. Anumber ofdelegations saidthatitwouldbenecessary toidentify actual needsin individual countries andagreedthatUNICEFactivities should bemainly oriented towards policy advocacy. Onedelegation saidthathisGovernment wouldbewilling toshareitsnational experiences insocialpolicy withinterested Governments and thatUNICEF couldfacilitate suchexchanges ofinformation. Several delegations affirmed thatUNICEF mustberesponsive tothecritical needsofchildren everywhere, butshould giveabsolute priority tochildren inthegreatest needin developing countries. Somedelegations suggested thattheGenevaOffice couldplay animportant roleinco-ordinating anyUNICEF assistance inEastern Europe. (See chap.IV,decision 1990/5 fortherecommendation oftheCommittee asadopted bythe Executive Board.) V.WORLD SUMMIT FORCHILDREN 47.Manydelegations welcomed theinitiative oftheGovernments ofCanada, Egypt, Mali,Mexico, Pakistan andSweden tocallforaWorldSummit forChildren, as detailed indocument E/ICEF/1990/12 andAdd.1. 48.Regarding thequestion ofthelevelofparticipation attheSummit, anumber ofdelegations saidthatthefirstpriority should betoensure widehigh-level participation. ItwashopedthatHeadsofStateorGovernment wouldbeableto attend, butseveral delegations saidHeadsofStateorGovernment should beallowed theflexibility tochoosetheirownrepresentation. TheChairman ofthePlanning Committee responded thatinvitations hadbeensenttoHeadsofStateorGovernment, buthewasconfident thatmembers oftheCommittee wouldtakeintoaccount situations whereaffairs ofStatemightconflict withrepresentation atthehighest level. -60-49.Thepreparation oftwobasicSummit documents, adeclaration andaplanof action, wassupported bymanydelegations, although someofthemsaidthata separate planofaction woulddivert fromthedeclaration andthelimited timeof theSummitdidnotallowenoughtimetofinalize one.Itwasstressed thatdrafts ofthesedocuments should beavailable wellinadvance oftheevent.Itwasagreed thatthedeclaration should beshort,concise, eloquent andunderstandable toall, including children, whilethesecond document shouldbenotjustastatement of principles, butatrueplanofaction. ActionatnatIonal andlocallevelsshould beemphasized, whiletheneedshouldberecognized forincreased international co-operation andmobilization ofadditional resources, especially fortheLDCs. Thiswasimportant soastoassurethatnational efforts weresupported ratherthan undermined byunfavourable international conditions. 50.Boththedeclaration andtheplanofactionshouldbringoutthecontext in whichglobal problems suchasdebt,environment andarmedconflict affectthe welfare ofchildren, whileconcentrating, especially intheplanofaction, on child-specific, achievable interventions thatcouldbefollowed upandevaluated. Thedocuments shouldindicate thestrongpolitical commitment onchildren thatwill beneededtoensureeffective follow-up. Somedelegations saidthattheSummit shouldspecifically address questions suchastheimpactofstructural adjustment programmes onnegative resource transfers, aswellasoneconomic andsocial growth, butotherssaidthatthereweremoreappropriate forumsinwhichtodiscuss those questions~ andtheSummitshouldfocusonchild-specific actions ratherthan onpolitical andeconomic issues. 51.Manydelegations affirmed thattheWorldSummitforChildren shouldreinforce
analysis: The text appears to be discussing international cooperation and development initiatives, specifically in the context of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). It mentions financial support, policy analysis, and advocacy, as well as the preparation of a World Summit for Children. The text does not seem to be focused on specific industries, natural resources, or technological advancements, but rather on humanitarian and development efforts.