text: UNITED NATIONS General AssemblYDistr, GENEFAL A/40/621 1I Septenber 198 5 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fortietb session Iten 76 (b) of the provisional agenda* A/ 40/L50 .INTERNATIONAI, CO-OPENATION IN THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE nrtNationsc of and Out Report of che s ecretary-General l.TheGeneralAssemblybyitsresolution3g/g6of14DecenberlgS4requestedthe S ecre tary-Genera I to report !o the Assenbly at its fortieth se6sion on the implenentation of, lhe reconnendations of the Second ttnited Nations Conference on the nxploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space' I'l 2. In response co that reguest, the present report provides intornation on che progress naoe j.n lhe inplenentation of the recomnendations of lhe Conference' 3. The conference on the Peacetul usea of outer space and 1t8 scientific and Technical SuFconnittee considered the question of the implenentation of the reconnendationsof,theConferenceduringtheirlgs5sessions.Accordingly,t'he informationcontainedinthepresen!reportrefleclsprinarilytheresultofthe' nork of the Connittee, rhose report is also betore che General Assenbly' 2'l I. INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION 4. In paragraph l8 of its resolution 39/96, the General Assenbly requested all organs, organizattons and bodies of the United Nations systern and other ini"rq o.r..n."nta I organizations trorking in the field ot outer space or on 6pace- related mallers to co-operate in the iRplernentation of the reconmendations of the Conference. In that connectlon' the seventh sesslon of the InCer-Agency tleetinq on outer space Activities is planned for septenber/october 1985 at UlilEsco headguarcers to discuss, inter alia, the inplenentation of the recommendaeions of the Conference. 85-24749 r.8 70 j (E) A/4O/62L Engl i sh Page ? II. STUDIES
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the implementation of recommendations from a United Nations conference on the peaceful use of outer space, with a emphasis on international cooperation and reporting to the General Assembly. This suggests that the category will likely be related to science, technology, and international cooperation.