text: headings thatappearabovetables27.23and27.25(2.Information Service, Geneva and3.Information Service, Vienna), andthattherelated footnote shouldreadas follows: "Including theinformation office". 693.Regarding pUblications ingeneral, theCommittee expressed theviewthatthe Department ofPublicInformation shouldhavetakenintoaccount paragraph 9.18of themedium-term planfortheperiod1984-1989, §Iinwhichitwasstatedthat, whenever astudywaspUblished containing detailed background information ona priority topic,theDepartment wouldproduce asimplified version. 694.TheCommittee notedtheassurances oftheUnder-Secretary-General, Department ofPublicInformation, thatacorrection wouldbeissuedwithregardtothewording usedinoutput(iii)ofprogramme element 2.9(Newworldinformation and communication order). 695.Withtheabovechanges, theCommittee recommended thattheGeneral Assembly shoUldapprove theprogramme narrative ofsection 27oftheproposed programme budgetforthebiennium 1986-1987. B.Experience gainedintheprOV1Slon ofstatements ofprogramme budgetimplications totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-ninth session 696.TheCommittee decided, without prejudice tothepositions ofMemberStates, to recommend thecontinuation oftheperiodprovided forinparagraph 12ofsection II ofGeneral Assembly resolution 38/227Aof20December 1983foronemoreyearin viewoftheshortperiodinwhichtheprovisions ofthatresolution hadbeen applied. 697.TheCommittee alsorecommended thattheGeneral Assembly shouldrequest the Secretary-General tosubmittotheAssembly atitsforty-first session, through the Committee forProgramme andCo-ordination atitstwenty-sixth session, areporton thefurther experience gainedintheimplementation ofparagraph 7ofsection IIof General Assembly resolution 38/227 A,bearing inmindtherelated decisions. 698.TheCommittee further recommended thattheabove-mentioned reportbesubmitted totheCOmmittee forProgramme andCo-ordination insufficient timetopermitthe Committee toconsider itatanearlystageduringitstwenty-sixth session. -138- jijC. 699.TheComm" SecretarY-Gen Co-operation itssatisfact" Co-operation 700.Whileit theirwork,t further impro theCommittee 701.TheCommi substantive re Council resolu bytransmittin express theju several matter theco-ordinat oftheUnited 702.TheCommi relations shou, activities hav relating tothl 703.TheCommi ofallactivit shouldbecarr E.F 704.TheCommil implementation 705.TheCommi decentralizati distribution 0 706.TheCommi SecretarY-Gene toitstwenty-C.Foodandagricultural activities inAsiaandthePacific: co-operation andco-ordination between theFoodand Agriculture Organization oftheUnitedNations andthe Economic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthePacific 699.TheCommittee tooknotewithappreciation ofthereportofthe Secretary-General onfoodandagricultural activities inAsiaandthePacific: co-operation andco-ordination between FAOandESCAP(E/AC.5l/1985/4) andexpressed itssatisfaction withtheprogress madeduringthepasttwoyearsinfurthering co-operation between thetwoorganizations. 700.Whileitwasnotnecessary torequest anadditional reportonthisaspectof theirwork,theCommittee encouraged FAOandESCAPtocontinue theirefforts to further improve co-ordination oftheiractivities ofjointconcern andtoreportto theCommittee iftheyencountered anydifficulties. D.Aspects ofco-ordination andrationalization ofthe activities oftheUnitedNations Industrial Development Organization 701.TheCommittee expressed itsregretatthedelayinthesubmission ofa substantive reportinresponse tosection VI,paragraph 2,ofEconomic andSocial Council resolution 1983/49 of28July1983. TheCommittee agreedthatthereport, bytransmitting theviewsofthesecretariats ofUNIDOandUNCTAD, hadfailedto express thejudgement oftheOfficeforProgramme Planning andCo-ordination on several matters relating totherationalization oftheworkprogramme ofUNIDOand theco-ordination oftheactivities ofUNIDO,bothinternally andwithotherunits oftheUnitedNations. 702.TheCommittee recommended thattheactivities ofUNIDOrelating toexternal relations should berationalized withaviewtoreleasing resources forother activities havinghigherpriority andthattheactivities ofUNIDOandUNCTAD
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and programs of the United Nations, specifically related to information services, public information, and co-operation between various UN organizations. It also touches on the topic of reporting and coordination within the UN system. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that it may be a report or a document from a UN committee or agency.