text: focus in the study on the role of transnational corporations to the issue of access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries, on a concessional and preferential basis, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 44/228, including specific and innovative proposals to ensure such transfer and, in co-operation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization and other relevant organs and organizations of the United Nations system, to investigate other measures that could further encourage and mobilize transnational corporations; "3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Transnational Corporations at its seventeenth session concrete proposals and recommendations on the establishment of an environment fund financed by transnational corporations; "4. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue the preparation of a directory on hazardous technologies and their safer, cleaner alternatives, pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/25 of 24 May 1989; "5. Requests the Secretary-General, after appropriate consultations, to continue to elaborate the criteria for sustainable development management and to provide the Commission, at its seventeenth session, with the operational principles concerning those criteria, pursuant to Council resolution 1989/25; "III ''1. Requests the continuation of the work of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations on ways and means of promoting regional economi c integration and co-operation among developing countries through joint ventures, on the potential impact of regional economic integration processes among developed countries and the consequent impact on regional economic -47-integration processes among developing countries, as called for in Council resolutions 1989/21, 1989/22 and 1989/23, all of 24 May 1989; "2. Supports the technical co-operation activities of the Centre and requests the continuation of its efforts to develop its programmes of support for co-operative activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries; 
analysis: The text primarily focuses on the role of transnational corporations in promoting sustainable development, specifically in the areas of environmental technology transfer and regional economic integration. It also mentions the development of a directory on hazardous technologies and sustainable development management criteria. These topics suggest a strong connection to the themes of natural resources and environment, as well as economic development.