text: tee on Crime Prevention and Control for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 1987. * GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (E/1986/L.4 AND L.21) 4. The PRESIDENT invited the Council to consid­ er decision 86/3 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme concern­ ing the terms of office of members of the Governing Council, contained in document E/ 1986/L.21. 5. If there was no objection, he would take it that the Council wished to adopt the decision as recom­ mended by the Governing Council. It was so decided.* 6. The PRESIDENT invited the Council to elect 16 members of the Governing Council for a three-year term beginning on the first day of the organizational session of the Governing Council, in February 1987. 7. Ms. KIMBALL (Assistant Secretary of the Coun­ cil) said that the following candidates had been endorsed by the regional groups, and, in the case of the Group of African States, by the Organization of African Unity: Burkina Faso, Liberia and Sudan for the three vacancies to be filled by African States; the German Democratic Republic and Poland for the two vacancies to be filled by Eastern European States; Finland, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Turkey for the five vacancies to be filled by Western European and other States; Afghanistan, Fiji, India and Thailand for the three vacancies to be filled by Asian States and Yugoslavia; and Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala for the three vacancies to be filled by Latin American States. 8. The PRESIDENT said that since the number of candidates from African, Eastern European and Western European and other States was equal to the number of vacancies in those Groups, he took it that the Council wished to elect those candidates by acclamation. It was so decided.* 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the appointment of members to the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which suggests a connection to economic development. The specific focus on regional groups and the number of vacancies for each group also hints at a broader international development context.