text: co-operation with such organizations as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 119. Speaking on agenda item 12 (activities of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations), several delegations welcomed the systematic development of stores of information on individual transnational corporations (including the largest corporations and those in the service sector) and on joint ventures. They recognized that the Centre had become an indispensable source of data on transnational corporations for trade unions and academia. in addition to Governments. Such work should be continued and expanded. -40-Action taken by the Commission 120. The Commission took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the information services provided by the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations to developing countries (E/C.l0/1989/15) and requested the Secretary-General to report to the Commission at its seventeenth session on the experience gained in the development of the comprehensive information system, taking into account the views expressed by delegations at its sixteenth session. -41- Chapter XI ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS CENTRE ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 121. The Commission considered agenda item 12 at its 7th and 8th meetings, on 6 and 9 April 1990. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on transnational corporations and development: policies to stimulate the transfer of investment capit~l, technology and skills to developing countries in the 1990s (E/C.l0/1990/3); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations and the activities of the joint units established with the regional commissions (E/C.l0/1990/16); (c) Note by the Secretariat on the draft programme on transnational corporations of the mediwn-term plan for the period .'i992-1997 (E/C.10/1990/CRP.l). 122. In introducing the item, the Executive Director of the Centre reviewed the 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and reports of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, which suggests that it is related to economic development and international trade. The mention of transnational corporations, investment capital, technology, and skills transfer to developing countries further supports this hypothesis.