text: 52.TheSpecial Committee held21meetings atHeadquarters during1981,asfollows: Firstsession: 1184thto1187thmeetings, 21January to25June secondsession: 1188thto1202ndmeetings, 4to21August Extrasessional meetings: 1203rdand1204thmeetings, 10and11November -23-'53.A extras thirty soona theye theAs heldt 11~v 55. meeti report 56.At Sub-Com 57.At Sub-Corn 58.At (Czecho 59.Th aswell submitt (a ofinfo A/AC.IO (b (A/AC.l53.Atits1202ndmeeting, on21August, theSpecial Committee decided toschedule extrasessional meetings subject totheapproval oftheGeneral Assembly atits thirty-sixth session, tocon~ider thequestions ofAmerican SamoaandTbkelau as soonasthereports ofthevisiting missions dispatched totheTerritories during theyearbecameavailable. SUbsequently, inaccordance withadecision takenby theAssembly atits40thplenary meeting, on21October 1981,theSpecial Committee heldtwoextrasessional meetings, the1203rdand1204thmeetings, on10and 11November, respectively, tocomplete consideration ofthetwoquestions.(c)On Independence internationa Corr.l). 60.Anacco inparagraph account oft paragraph 59 3.Sub-Committee onPetitions, Information andAssistance2.Working Group 57.Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee decided thatthemembership ofthe Sub-Committee shouldbeasfollows: Afg Aus Bul Chi Cub Cze De Eth Fij61.Withre communicatio agenda, whic 1186thmeeti requested th and11ofth 299thmeetin 6and11May 64.Atthes Sub-Committee62.TheSpe Sub-Committe relating to andXofthe 63.Atits Sub-Committe Iran Iraq Mali Sierra Leone SyrianArabRepublic TunisiaBulgaria Congo. Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Indonesia56.Atits1184thmeeting, theSpecial Committee decided tomaintain its Sub-Committee onPetitions, Information andAssistance.55.Duringtheperiodcovered bythepresent report, theWorking Groupheldone meeting, on14August, aswellasanumberofunofficial meetings, andsubmitted a report (A/AC.I09/L.1413).54.Atits1184thmeeting, on21January, theSpecial Committee decided to maintain itsWorking Group. Inaccordance withafurther decision takenatthe samemeeting, thecomposition oftheWorking Groupwasasfollows: Congo, Cuba, IranandTunisia, together withitsfiveofficers, namely, theChairman (Trinidad and'rbbago), thethreeVice-Chairmen (Czechoslovakia, Denmark andSierra Leone)and ItheRapporteur (SYrian ArabRepublic), aswellastheChairman (IvoryCoast) and theRapporteur (Australia) oftheSub-Committee onSmallTerritories. ,J58.Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee elected Mr.StefanKalina (Czechoslovakia) asChairman oftheSub-Committee. 59.TheSub-Oommittee onPetitions, Information andAssistance held32meetings, aswellasanumberofunofficial meetings, between 9Marchand21August and submitted sixreports totheSpecial Committee asfollows:65.Atthes (IvoryCoast) Rapporteur. (a)Fourreports andrelated documentation onthequestion ofdissemination ofinformation ondecolonization (A/AC.I09/L.1386/Rev.l andL.1387J A/AC.I09/L.1395/Rev.l, A/AC.I09/L.1401, A/AC.I09/L.1402 andL.1415)J (b)Onereportdealing withcommunications containing requests forhearing (A/AC.I09/L.1388) • -24-(c)Onereportontheimplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGrantin~ of Independence toColonial Countries andPeoples bythespecialized agencies a~the international institutions associated withtheUnitedNations (A/AC.I09/L.1400 and Corr.l). 60.Anaccount oftheSpecial Committee's consideration ofthereports referred to inparagraph 59(a)aboveissetoutinchapter 11ofthepresent report. An account oftheCommittee's consideration ofthereports referred toin paragraph 59(c)aboveissetoutinchapter VIofthepresent report. 61.withregardtoparagraph 59(b)above,theSub-Committee considered three
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Special Committee, discussing its activities, meetings, and decisions. The topics covered include the consideration of reports, the composition of sub-committees and working groups, and the election of chairmen and rapporteurs. The focus seems to be on the administrative and organizational aspects of the committee's work, rather than specific policy or programmatic issues.