text: aged 18 years or over will have the right to vote in the referendum. With the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a census of Saharan refugees living outside the Territory will be taken in places designated by the Special Representative. 25. TO facilitate the task of taking a census of the Saharan population, the Secretary-General will set up, in consultation with the current Chairman of OAU, an identification commission responsible for carefully and scrupulously reviewing the 1974 census and updating it. Under the authority of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Commission will perform its task during the transitional period. In any case, it must have,completed its work before the referendum campaign begins. 26. The Identification Commission will consist of a population expert familiar with the problems and features of Saharan society, assisted by three to five specialists in the demographics of countries whose population is predominantly nomadic. The Commission will form an integral part of the Support Group of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. 27. The role of the Saharan Identification Commission will be: (a) To review carefully the census taken in the Territory in 1974 by the Spanish authorities and update it: (b) Calculate the real growth of the Saharan population in the period between the date of the above census and the date of organisation of the referendum, taking into account the following elements: (i) Births and deaths; (ii) Movements of the Saharan population. 28. On the basis of the information mentioned above, the Identification Commission will establish as precisely as possible the number of Saharans living in the Territory of Western Sahara and the number of Saharan refugees and non-residents . qualified to participate in the referendum. 29. The Saharan Identification Commission will function as follows: / . . . S/21360 English Page 10 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the logistics and procedures for conducting a census and referendum in the context of the Western Sahara conflict. It involves international organizations, such as the United Nations, and is concerned with identifying the population of Saharans eligible to participate in the referendum. The text does not appear to be focused on economic or environmental issues, but rather on administrative and demographic matters.