text: ordination, France recommended that the Popula­ tion Division should prepare reports on the world population situation with a view to informing the public of the principal population indicators and the major programmes financed by UNFPA. The Divi­ sion might also prepare a report providing an over­ view of all United Nations activities in the field of population, similar to the report presented at the Bucharest Conference in 1974. Lastly, the Population Division should draft a report on the population activities of non-governmental and intergovernmen­ tal organizations. The latter two reports should be organized by topic rather than by country. 76. UNFPA might prepare a report on the pro­ grammes it financed, which should be general in nature, as it would not be discussed by the Popula­ tion Commission. 77. Beyond endorsing the recommendations on inter-agency co-ordination in paragraph 74, her country favoured the establishment of working groups, modelled on the one which had been estab­ lished to provide follow-up to the International Conference on Population and composed of repre­ sentatives of the Department of Technical Co-opera­ tion for Development, the Department of Interna­ tional Economic and Social Affairs and UNFP A, along with representatives of the various United Nations agencies concerned, to ensure co-ordination and co-operation on specific population issues. 78. In order to enable the Economic and Social Council better to discharge its co-ordinating func­ tion, population questions should be taken up at its second regular session, at which point it would have reports from the Population Commission and the Governing Council of UNDP. The meeting rose at 6.10 p.m. 12th meeting Thursday, 8 May 1986, at 10.25 a.m. President: Mr. Manuel DOS SANTOS (Mozambique) AGENDA ITEM 7 Population questions (continued) (E/1986/18-A/411179) 1. Mr. CHOWDHURY (Bangladesh) said that, for obvious reasons, Bangladesh took an active interest 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the United Nations' activities and recommendations regarding population issues, including population indicators, programs, and coordination among agencies. It seems to be focused on the social and economic aspects of population development rather than purely environmental or scientific issues.