text: acclamation, Mr.PavolSepelak (C.echo.lovakia) Vice-Chairman oftheCommittee. At it.9thmeeting, on5July,theCommittee elected, byacclamation, Mr.Vladimir Duri.(C.echollovakia) toreplace Mr.Sepelak uponhisr••iqnation fr~moffice. TheCommittee alloelected, byacclamation, Mr.Henrique Moret(Cuba) vice-Chairman oftheCommittee. 9.TheSecond(Social) Committee, atits1.tmeetinq, on2May,elected, by acclamation, Mr••I.therMariaAlhton(Bolivia) andatit.3rdm••tinq,on 3May1ge9,elected, byacclamation, Mr••SaodahBatinAkuanSyahruddin (Indonelia) Vice-Chairman oftheCommittee. 10.TheThird(Proqramme andCo-ordination) Committee, atitel.tme.ting, on 5July,elected, byacclamation, Mr.KarlBorchard (Federal Republic ofGermany) andatit.2ndmeetinq, on6July,elected, byacclamation, Mr.AlhajMuhammad Abdullah (Ghana) Vice-Chairmen oftheCommittee. B.PROGRAMME OFWORKANDAGENDA Ag.ndaoftheorgani.ational ••••ionfor1ReR 11.Atit.2ndmeeting, on9February, theCouncil hadbeforeittheannotated provi.ional aqendaforit.orqani.ational ••••ionfor1ge9(E/1ge9/2). Atthe.ame m.eting, theCouncil adoptedthlagenda(.11annlxItothlprl.ent rlport). Ba.iqprogramme ofworkOftb.Council for1ReRandlRRO 12.ThlCOUDcil conlidered it.ba.icprogramme ofworkfor1ge9and1990atit. 2ndto4thmeetinq., on9and10February. Ithadbeforeitthldraftbalie programme ofworkoftheCuuncil for1ge9and1990(E/1ge9/l andAdd.l)andanotl bytheSecretary-Oenlral tran.mitting alettlrdated19Dec~er 1988fromthe Director-Oeneral ofthlUnitedNation. Educational, Scientific andCultural Orqani.ation totheSecrltary-Olneral concerning theque.tion ofoo-oplration in thefieldofinformaticl (1/1ge9/39). Pur.uant toparagraph 2(b)(i)ofCOUDcil r'lolution 1ge8/77, acon.olidated noteontherlcommendationl adopted bythe a.neral AI.emb1y atit.forty-third ••••ioncalling foractionbyOovlra.entl and organi.ation. oftbeUnitldNationl Iyltemint~eeconomic, .ocial andrelatea field.(1/1ge9/INF/2 andAdd.1)walal.omadeavailable totheCOUDcil. 13.Attbe2ndmeetinq, on9F.bruary, tb.Prelident madeaItateaent onthe informal conlu1tationl heldontbebalicprogramml ofworkfor1989and1990and theallocation ofaqendaitemepurluant toparagraph 2(1)ofCouncil reeo1ution 1gee/77. 14.Atthelamemeetinq tbereprelentative oftblOfficeoftheDirlctor-Glnerl. forD.ve1opment andInternational Economic co-op.ration mad.a.tateaeat. 15.Statement. werealiamadebytherepre.entative. ofIra.il, Canada, 1Uailia, theUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, ColORbia andtheUnited StateIofAmerica andtheoblerver. forSpain(onbehalfoftbeItatel ~rl of theUnitedNationethatarem.mblre oftheEuropean Economic Community) and Malaylia (onbehalfoftheStat••M.mberl oftheUnitedaation. tbatare..aber. of theGroupof77). -161-16.Atthe3rdmeeting, on10February, thePre.id~nt madea.tatement concecning theprogre~s achieved duringinformal consultations onthebasicprogramme (Ifwork andtheallocation ofagendaitems. 17.Statement. werealsomadebytherepresentative. ofCanadaandBrazil. 18.Atits4thmeeting, on10February, theCouncil considered adraftdecision on thebasicprogramme ofwork,whichwasproposed onthebasisofinformal consultations andsubsequently circulated indocument E/1989/L.8. 19.Atthesamemeeting, afterhearing statemenls .ytherepre.entative ofJapan andtheobserver forSpain(onbehalfoftheStateMembers oftheUnitedNations thataremember. oftheEuropean Economic Communitj), thePre.ident proposed that thelistofitemstorconsid.ration atthes.condr.gular••••ionof1989, contained inparagraph 3ofthedraftdeci.ion, berevi.ed bydividing item11 (Co-operation fornaturaldisast.r roduction andspecial economic andhumanitarian a••istanc.) intotwo.eparat. items. 20.Th.Council decided to.usp.nditsmeeting andholdinformal conSUltations. Nhenthemeeting resumed, thePresident proposed thefollowing additional revisions tothedraftd.cisionl (a)Thedeletion ofparagraph. 6(a)-(d) and(m),whichr.adl [TheCouncild.cid.sl] n(a)Tofocus,init.g.neral discu••ionofinternational economic and socialpolicy, including r.gional andsectoral developm.nts (ag.nda item2), onthequestion ofstructural imbalances intheworldeconomy andtheirimpact oninternational ftconomic co-operation, particularly withthedeveloping countrie., n(b)Toseleot, inaccordance withparagraph 2(a)(ii)ofCounoil re.olution 1988/77 of29July1988andwithaviewtotheadoption of aotion-oriented recommendations pending theapproval ofamulti-year work programme, thefollowing a.majorpolicythemesl [comprehensive policyreview oftheoperational activities fordevelopment oftheUnitedNations syst.m/)
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and decisions of the United Nations Council, with a focus on international economic and social policy, development, and cooperation. The mention of "informatic" and "natural disaster reduction" suggests a connection to technology and disaster relief. The text also mentions the allocation of agenda items and the consideration of draft decisions, indicating a focus on organizational and procedural matters.