text: into the problens of converting labour in lhe defence-related industries to industries producing good s tor civil use and for shich lhere is an effeclive denand. The IIO is attempting an assessment of the overall conversion problem as it affects labour and employnent, including Lhe identificaEion of the grouPs Inost likely to be attected in terns ot skills, occupation, sex and region of residence, conbined ldith an investigaEion into ways of alleviating llanpovre r conversion problems. Renedies will tre sought at the national, regional and plant levels' ILo l'ill u6e the accumulated experience of nany countrieg in overcoming conversion problems by itlent.ifying alternative products requirinq the same or sinilar skills for their production. 73. IIO continues !o include the publication of a serles of art.icles on Ehe econonic and soclal consequences Of disarmarnent in Ehe International Labour Revievr. 74. one comnon characteristic ot the articles so far published in the Bggisg has been their enphasis on the paucity of statist.ical data on the extent and nature of defence-related employment. The arEicles bave all drafn tbeir statislics f ror0 the study issued by lhe Secre tary-Gene raL of the United Nalions in 1982 encilled The Relationship b;teeen Disarnament and Development. ImProving on this daEa base is a najor problen facing ILO research in this area.A/40 / 6L8 English Page 20
analysis: The text discusses the conversion of labor in defense-related industries to industries producing goods for civilian use, which suggests that it is related to the impact of disarmament on employment and the economy. The text also mentions the publication of articles on the economic and social consequences of disarmament, which implies that the focus is on the economic and social aspects of disarmament.