text: 20December 1983.Fortherecommendations oftheCommittee, seeparagraphs 696-698 below. 412.Inintroducing thereport, t~.eAssistant Secretary-General forProgramme Planning andCo-ordination referred tosomeoftheconstraints involved inthe preparation ofstatements ofprogramme bUdgetimplications. Inthiscontext, he drewtheCommittee's att~ntion tothecontinuing absence ofafullyoperational monitoring system~ suchasystem, however, wascurrently underdevelopment and wouldultimately, interalia,facilitate theoptimum useofexisting databasesfor thepreparation ofstatements ofprogramme bUdgetimplications. 2.Discussion 413.Afterapreliminary roundofcomments, theCommittee heldinformal consultations onthereportoftheSecretary-General. D.Foodandagricultural activities inAsiaandthePacific: co-operation andco-ordination between theFoodand Agriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations andthe Economic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthePacific 1.Introduction 414.AtitslOthmeeting, on3May,theCOmmittee considered theprogress reportof theSecretary-General onfoodandagricultural activities inAsiaandthePacific: co-operation andco-ordination between theFoodandAgriculture Organization ofthe unitedNations (FAO)andtheEconomic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthe Pacific (ESCAP) (E/AC.51/1985/4). Fortheconclusions oftheCommittee, see paragraphs 699-700 below. 415.Inhisintroductory statement, therepresentative oftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination recalled that,atitstwenty-third session, the Committee hadrequested FAOandESCAPtoforward theSecretary-General's reporton thisSUbject (E/AC.51/1983/3), together withajointstatement bytheExecutive Headsofthetwoorganizations onthequestion ofharmonization oftheirwork programmes (E/AC.51/1983/3/Add.l) andthecomments oftheCOmmittee, tothe intergovernmental bodiesofFAOandESCAPfortheirviews,whichshould bebrought totheattention oftheCOmmittee atitstwenty-fifth session. 18/Accordingly, ESCAP,atitsfortieth session, inApril1984,hadconsidered thedocumentation, supported thestepstakenbyESCAPandFAOtoharmonize theirworkprogrammes, and expressed satisfaction withtheunderstanding thathadbeenreached between thetwo organizations. Similarly, theFAOCOnference, atitstwenty-second session, in November 1983,hadendorsed thejointstatement ofFAOandESCAPdefining their respective rolesandexpressed thehopethat,withsucharrangements, duplication ofworkwouldbeavoided. -85-I~i II'..._----~---..." ~-~~-~- 2.Discussion 416.TheCOmmittee expressed itsappreciation regarding thecourseofactionthat thetwoorganizations hadadopted inresponding toitsearlier recommendations and thefactthattheywerecollaborating onaregular basisthrough established co-ordinating mechanisms, asevidenced byprogress inco-operation ontheirwork programmes. 417.WhiletheCommittee notedthattherewerestillareaswhichrequired harmonization ofrespective programmes, thehopewasexpressed thatlimited resources wouldbeusedinthemosteffective mannerbyavoiding duplication. It wasfeltthatjointefforts inco-operation andco-ordination wereintheright direction andshouldcontinue, astherewasstillroomforimprovement inensuring thatgapsandduplication ofactivities didnotoccurintheregion. E.Aspects ofco-ordination andrationalization oftheactivities oftheUnitedNations Industrial Development Organization 1.Introduction 418.Atits22ndto24thmeetings, on13and14May,theCOmmittee considered the reportoftheSecretary-General onaspects ofco-ordination andrationalization of theactivities oftheUnitedNations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (E/AC.51/1985/11). Fortheconclusions andrecommendations oftheCommittee, see paragraphs 701-703 below. 419.Inintroducing thereport, therepresentative oftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination recalled that,initsresolution 1983/49 of 28July1983,theEconomic andSocialCouncil hadrequested theSecretary-General toreporttotheCommittee atitstwenty-fourth session onquestions raisedatits twenty-third session concerning thevarious programme elements oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1984-1985 ofUNIDO,inordertoenablethe Committee toreviewtheissuesrelating totheavoidance ofduplication andthe achievement ofamorerational organization oftheworkprogramme ofUNIDO,in anticipation oftheconversion ofthatorganization tospecialized agencystatus. Anc~alreporthadbeenmadetotheCommittee atitstwenty-fourth session. The content ofthereport nowbeforetheCommittee (E/AC.51/1985/11) wascomplementary tothatofthereportoftheSecretary-General onthetriennial reviewofthe
analysis: The text discusses the report of the Secretary-General on food and agricultural activities in Asia and the Pacific, co-operation and co-ordination between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It also touches on aspects of coordination and rationalization of the activities of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The topics of food, agriculture, and industrial development suggest that the text is related to economic development, and the focus on Asia and the Pacific region further supports this hypothesis.