text: transnational corporation operations indeveloping countries" wasreplaced bythe phrase"areportanalysing thosetrends andtorecommend waysandmeansof increasing theoperations oftransnational corporations indeveloping countries"; (c)Inoperative paragraph 2,thewords"aswellastheimpact onparallel regional economic integration processes" werereplaced bythewords"and,inturn, theimpact onregional economic integration processes". 29.Atthesamemeeting, theCommission adopted thedraftresolution, asorally revised (seechap.I,sect.A,draftresolution II). ~oleoftransnational corporations intheleast developed countries 30.Atthe10thmeeting, on12April1989,theobserver forMalaysia, 121on behalfoftheStates Members oftheUnitedNations thataremembers oftheGroup of77,introduced adraftresolution (E/C.10/1989/L.6) entitled "Roleof transnational corporations intheleastdeveloped countries" andorallycorrected it. 31.Atthe13thmeeting, on14April,theSecretary oftheCommission madea statement. -21- i j 1,{ I Il ! j 1 '1j j I 1 \, J ! "32.Atthesamemeeting, statements weremadebytherepresentatives oftheUnited Kingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, China,Tunisia andCanada andbythe observer forMalaysia (onbehalfoftheStates Members oftheUnited Nations that aremembers oftheGroupof77). 33.Alsoatthesamemeeting, theSecretary readoutthefollowing rev~s~ons to thedraftresolution whichhadbeenagreedtoduring informal consultations: (a)Inthesecond preambular paragraph, theword"including" wasinserted aftertheword"measures"; (b)Inoperative paragraph 3,thewords"therelationship between" were replaced bythewords"theimpactof"andthewords"andflows" werereplaced by thewords"onflows". 34.Atthesamemeeting, theCommission adopted thedraftresolution, asorally revised (seechap.I,sect.A,draftresolution Ill). -22-~I. I ,, .ted the .tChapter III ACTIVITIES OFTHEUNITED NATIONS CENTRE ONTRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 35.TheCommission considered item4ofitsagendaatits10th,11th,12thand 13thmeetings, on12,13and14April1989.Ithadbeforeitthefollowing docwnents: (a)Chapter 23oftheproposed revisions tothemediwn-term planforthe period 1984-1989, extended to1991(A/43/6); (b)Relevant partsofthereportoftheCommittee forProgramme and Co-ordination ontheworkofitstwenty-eighth session (A/43/16 (PartI»; (c)Report oftheSecretary-General ontheprogramme performance ofthe United Nations forthebiennium 1986-1987 (A/43/326 andCorr.1); (d)NotebytheSecretary-General onthepreparation ofthemedium-term plan fortheperiod 1992-1997 (A/43/329); (e)Report oftheSecretary-General ontheactivities oftheUnited Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations andtheactivities ofthejointunits established withtheregional commissions (E/C.l0/1989/3); (f)NotebytheSecretary-General ontheproposed workprogramme ofthe United Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations andthejointunitsestablished withtheregional commissions forthebiennium 1990-1991 (E/C.10/1989/CRP.1); (g)NotebytheSecretariat onpreliminary considerations onthepreparation ofadraftproposed programme ontransnational corporations forthemedium-term planfortheperiod 1992-1997 (E/C.10/1989/CRP.2); (h)NotebytheSecretariat onrecurrent documents andpublications ofthe United Nations Centre onTransnational Corporations (E/C.10/1989/CRP.3). 36.Inintroducing theitem,theExecutive Director oftheCentre reviewed the activities oftheCentre. Heemphasized thattheCentre continued tocarryoutthe activities ontransnational corporations according toatransparent six-month work programme whichprovided detailed information ontheresponsibilities ofstaffand thestages ofimplementation ofongoing projects. Apartfromserving asakey internal management tool,itensured effective inter-agency co-ordination. The Executive Director explained thattheCentre wouldbemeeting therequirements of itser.panded mandate withreduced staffasaresult ofpostreductions inthe
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the activities and operations of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, specifically regarding its work on transnational corporations in developing countries. The language used suggests a focus on economic and business-related topics, with references to "operations", "draft resolutions", "programmes", and "work programmes". Additionally, the text mentions the Centre's expanded mandate, which implies a focus on international relations and cooperation.