text: the Pacif ic ( 19t 5-1994 ) . Ms apparent f rom the observatiols and lhe documents received by the Inspector from ESCAP iha! lhe Coonlssion hag real-ized the dlf:!cultier encountered by ECA and lhat, although the siructures and procedures ESCAP !s now settin8 up are slnilar to lhose of EcA ( Conference of MlnisterE of Transport and Coflounicatione, Inter-Agency CoEolttee, special unll ln the ESCAP Sect'eiarj-at, etc-), in terns of the content of the progralEe for the Decade genuine priority seens to have been Siven !o reglonal and sub-regLonal acllvltles, rather than to action at ihe natlonal leve]. At lhls stage, the ESCAP Secretariat doea not seen to be dlrectly lnvolved ln natlonal proiects' whlch are to falL wllhln the context of the developnen! plans of each State. The thrust seens to be nore on harnonlza- llon of these natlonaL lransport and contrunlcationg plans with lhe overall objectlveE of the Decade. The Inspector also notes ith interest thal speclal attentlon appears to be pald fror the outEet to problena of evaluallng the results of the Decade. fO7. Up !o now there does not appear to have been any regular consultation between the secretarlata for the tuo Decades. A meetlng of fhe tranaport and consrunlcatlonE officlals of ECA and ESCAP took place for the flrst tine ln Juty 1984. The Inspector considers tha! this lack of exchange of lnforDafion and experience betueen the lwo secreiariats could be det!'inental to the success of t,he ESCAP Decade and fhat ESCAP would surely benefit from a study of lhe problems and pitfallE encountered by ECA. It is, f,herefore, recoonended thab lhorough consultatLons should be held by the two secrelariats wlthin the fraDe- work suggested in paragraph lO5 above and through mlssions and ad hoc contactg (for exaDple , vlsits or o"r.tg;" of shff between the two secreE;j'-ats ) '-;'o- J. necoonendations
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the implementation of a decade-long program (the ESCAP Decade) focused on transport and communication, specifically highlighting the challenges faced by the ESCAP Secretariat in setting up structures and procedures similar to those of ECA (Conference of Ministers of Transport and Communication). The text also mentions the importance of evaluating the results of the Decade and the lack of regular consultation between the two secretariats.