text: ** Term of office expires on 31 December 1991. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 1992. At the forty-fifth session, the General Assembly will need to fill the seats being vacated by the following States: Bulgaria, Canada, China, C8te d’Ivoire, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, United States of knerica, Uruguay and Zambia. As stipulated in resolution 3348 (EXIX), paragraph 8, members of the Council are eligible for inmediate re-election. a/ Tbe Assembly will have before it a note by the Secretary-General. -- 231 References for the forty-fourth session (agenda item 16 (b)): (a) Note by the Secretary-General: A/44/357: (b) Decision 441310; (c) Plenary meeting: A/44/PV.48. 241 At its thirty-fourth session, the General A666mbly decided that Lhe prdctice of dispensing with the secret ballot for elections to subsidiary organs when the number of candidates corresponded to the number of seats to be filled should become standard, unless a delegation specifically requested a vote on a yiven election (decision 341401, para. 1G). I... A/45/100 English Page 59 (b) Electionof of the Committee for Pro- In accordance with paragraph I of the terms of reference of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination (Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX), annex) (see also item 123), the Committee consisted of 21 members nominated by the Economic and Social Council and elected by the General Assembly for a term of office of three years on the basis of equitable geographical distribution. At its forty-second session, the Assembly adopted decision 421450 by which it decided that the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination should be composed of 34 States Members of the United Nations, elected for three-year terms on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, as follows: Nine seats for African Statest Seven seats for Asian States: Seven seats for Latin American and Caribbean States: 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the election of members to the United Nations Council, specifically mentioning the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination. The language used is formal and procedural, suggesting that the topic is related to the organization and functioning of the UN. The mention of "equitable geographical distribution" and the specific numbers of seats allocated to different regions also suggests that the topic is related to international relations and diplomacy.