text: the t|lHO 1984-1985 budget anountinq to $US tr1SOr000. In doing so, a different form of implementation has been used: $US 2201000 have been allocated to the purchase of essential drugst $US 81O,OO0 to technical assistance, through the appointment of national experts for strengthening the epidemiological services, the health statistical services, primary health care, health manpower, public infornation and education, workersr health, and clinical, laboratory and radiological technoloqy for health systems based on Primary health carei and $US 110,000 to the planning unit of the Uinistry of Health, a United States Aqency for International Development (USAID) health project whose funding has been stoPped.A/40 / 434 English Page 6 B. Emergency relief activities 18' !|ith the increase in military activities, destruction, and displacement ofcivilian populations, the emergency humanitarian assistance has become an immediateand major concern for the united Nations system. The united Nations co-ordinatingConmittee in Beirut, whose principal functions - as established by General Assemblyresolution 33/L46 of 20 December 1978 - were to promote reconstruction anddevelopment Programmes, evolved into the field of hunanitarian relief assistance,emergi'ng at every crisis as a central mecbanism for assessing relief needs anddeveloping co-ordinated resPonse to them. rndeed, it has become the only existingforum in Beirut where united Nations organizations, as well as internationalnon-governmental organizations, such as the International committee of the RedCross (rcRc) ' rePresentatives of donor countries, the European Economic community(EEc) and local non-governmental organizations meet together. Thus, the unitedNations organizations have contributed to the ongoing relief effort in aco-ordinated fashion' according to their nandates and in response to thesecretary-General's appeals for urgent assistance. The assistance was programmedand provided without discrinination towards any of the various Lebanesecommunities; in all cases it was negotiated in close consultation with the LebaneseGovernment.
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the budget and relief efforts of the United Nations in Lebanon, specifically in the context of the 1984-1985 budget. The text highlights the allocation of funds for essential drugs, technical assistance, and emergency relief activities. This suggests that the primary focus is on humanitarian aid and relief, as well as health services.