text: preparation of documentation and the provision of judgement. substantive support, he had failed to indicate what 26. Mr. ZOLLER (Australia) said he agreed with had been done to strengthen their capacity to service the views expressed by previous speakers on requests the Committee. The only new element was that those for inclusion in the list of least developed countries entities had been assigned responsibility for prepar- and the criteria applied by the Committee for ing individual reports and had established proce- Development Planning. He also supported Maurita- dures for exchanging with one another drafts, com- nia's application for inclusion in that list. However, ments and information for the preparation of such it was regrettable that the requests made by Tuva_lu reports. and Kiribati had both been rejected by the Commit- 18. Mr. LEE (Canada) said that more information tee because expatriate income had raised their GOP was needed on how secretariat servicing and substan- above the cut-off line. Those two countries were fully tive support services for the Committee on Natural qualified because without expatriate income they Resources could be improved. were well within the GOP limits. He hoped that 19. Mauritania's request for inclusion in the list of flexibility would prevail in the Committee when their least developed countries deserved sympathetic con-cases were resubmitted. 6 Economic and Social Council-Organizational Session for 1986 27. Mr. DIECKMANN (Federal Republic of Ger-30. Mr. MOUSOURIS (Assistant Secretary-Gener- many) said that he fully supported the observations al for Secretariat Services for Economic and Social of the Director-General for Development and Inter- Matters), responding to a point raised by the repre- national Economic Co-operation (1st meeting) with sentative of Pakistan, said that the Office of Secretar- regard to encouraging the Secretary-General's efforts iat Services for Economic and Social Matters was 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing economic development, specifically the preparation of documentation and provision of judgement for the inclusion of countries in the list of least developed countries. The discussion revolves around the criteria applied by the Committee for Development Planning and the provision of substantive support for the countries. The text also touches on the topic of secretariat servicing and support services for the Committee on Natural Resources.