text: jointhecommonendeavour ofcomp1et1ng theworkthereon. Theresolution also appealed tetheMember'State.tilat.would:takepartinthe·consultations to sublllit" befol:.thefor1:y-first session'ofth.Gene~ Assembly, a,papar containinq-'their: ,M"conclusions: onthemattel:, including, ifappropriate, theirsuggestions ast:oth.procedures andforUIIIforfuturework.The.' r&solution fur1:her requested theSecretary-General. tocirculate the­ afor_ntioned: papeeeeMemberStateswithaview·toobtaining their c~nts thereon, includiÎlq- theirviewsastethe:procedures andforUIIIforfuturework, andtesublllit:areporttethe-General. A&semb1y atitsfort:y-first session. 2.~th.'initiative ofthe'Netherlands, consultations were'heldat unitedNations. Be4dquartars inNewYorkfrOID16to27September 1985.Atthe firstmeeting on 16Septamber 1985,Mr.JaapA.Wallate (Netherlands, andMr. Andr:ej W.ltakolecki (POland) were·elected asChairman andVice-ehairman of theconsultations. 3.Elavenmeetings ofconsultations wereheldwiththeparticipation of fift:ydeleqations frama11reqions, representing different 1eqalsystems. 4.Awarking papercontaining proposals forrevising thearticles of"the draftOeclaration, takingintaaccount thewritten c~nts submitted by Membersi:at:esinthe'courseofseveralyears:Jaswellasre-formulations of somaarticles ofthedraftproposed bythaSecretary-General in1980 (A/35/336), wasmadeavailable bytheNetherlands asabasisfordiscussion. :JSeedocUlllents A/35/336, A/37/146, A/38/389 and Adda. 1-3and A/39/442 andAdd.l. /...A/40/244 English Page4 Itwasemphasized intheintroduction tatheworking paperthatthedraft Declaration doesnotintendinanywaytoimpose onstatestheobligation ta adoptnational legislation establishing suchlegalinstitutions asfoster placement orado~ion; thatitisbasedontheassumption that,ifsuch institutions exist,statesshouldconsider theprinciples asrelevant and that,whenadopted, itwillbeannexed toar.solution oftheGeneral Aaslllllbly, havinq the·statuaofat_ndation toMemberStates. r,ORGlUIUAnOH œWORItOP'l'BI!lCOHSOLnnOHS 5.Il:wUaqreedbytheparticipatinq MemberSl:atestabeginthe consultations withageneral exchange ofviawsonthedraftDeclaration and the_rkinq paper. 'l'henfollc1Wed adiscussion on anarticle byarticle basis. MaDyproposals waremadeduringtheconsultations wichwerecarefully examined. Inthecourseoftheconsultations, theChairlllarJ regularly submitted proposals forarevised draft,takinq'intoaccount thevi_sexpressed and '#J:itten suqqestions madebyth.participants. Pinally, theparticipants helda discussion inregardtotheprocedures andforumforfuture workonthe draft. 6.'l'he'deliberations.vere· heLdinaconstructive andcooperative atmos~ere inwichth.participants, sbowed'deepinterestinandwide·ac:knowledqe· ofthe subject:. Durinqth.consultations aconsensus clearlY emerqed andbytheend oetheconsultstions. th.ChairmaJt was.abletasubmit aravised draft Declaration whichoff.rad agoodpecspective forconsensus' onthebasisofthe fullIDembership oftheGeneral. AaselllblY. SOIIIe'delegations, whUeaqreeinq withthe'general. _rdinqs inberent inasetofprinciples, feltthatitWUup tanationaJ: la_todefinecertainteru.usedinthedraftDeclaration. 'rhe finalravision, sui:llllitted bythechairman, re:f1ects theresults ofthe collective efforts oftheparticipants, andisthesoleresponsibility ofthe Chairman. 7.'l'hedraft'.Declaration asrevised bytheChairman on2.7September 1985is annexed eethisreport-(appa41x 1). 8.Anticipatinq thepossible adoption bytheGeneral Aaselllbly, the·Chairman suhJDitted totheparticipants adraftforafutureresolution ofthéGeneral Aaselllbly. 'rakinqintoaccountallthesugqestions madeonthetext,the Chairman wuabletasubmit aravi.ad version ofafuturedraftGeneral Aaselllbly r8solution, thetextofwichisalsoannexad tathisreport (appencl1x II)•A/40/244 Englisll Page5 III.CONSIDERA'rION orTBEFUTURE WORltONTBEDRAFTDECLARATION 9~Afterhavinqeompleted theworkonthesubstance, theparticipants considered, onthebasisofparaqraph 2ofGeneral Assembly resolution 39/89, suqqsstions astatheprocedure andforUIIIoffuturework.Inthisconnexion itwassuqqested tbattheitembe-inscribed onthesqendaofthefortieth session oftheGeneral Asselllbly underrule13oftheRulesofProcedure. Althouqh _participants. faltthattimewuneededtoreflect, theoveralJ. feellnq o~th..qroupwu·that:: inscri~on on-theaqendawouldprovide a welcome opportunity forspeedinq upthefinalization ofthedraftDeclaration, whichwould,intheopinion ofthe-CbairllUUl, bemosttimelyintheliqhtof thecelebration oftheInternational YouthYeerandofthefortieth anniversary ofth..unitedNations -atthissession. /...A/40/244 
analysis: The text appears to be related to international diplomacy and cooperation, focusing on the development of a draft declaration and the procedures for its adoption. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level discussion among nations. The content also touches on the theme of international cooperation and the role of the United Nations.