text: UNITED NATIONS General AssemblyDistr. GENERAL A/40/430 19 August 1985 ORIGINAT: ENGLISH Fortieth session Item 87 of the provisional agenda* SPECIAL ECONOMIC AI{D DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCB: SPECIAL PROGRAMI.4ES OF ECONOITIIC ASSISTANCE Assistance to Equatorial Guinea Report of the Secretary-General 1. In its resolution 39,/181 of 17 December 1984 on assistance for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of Equatorial Guinea, the General Assembly, inter alia, requested the Secret,ary-General to intensify his efforts to mobilize tbe necessary resources for an effective progranme of financial, technical and material assistance, to keep tbe situation in the country under review, and to submit to tbe Assembly at its fortieth session a report on the economic situation and the progress made in implementing the present resolution. 2. Pursuant to that resolut.ion, the Secretary-General arranged for a review mission to visit Esuatorial Guinea frorn 7 to 14 tvtay 1985. The report of the mission, annexed hereto, describes the economic and financial situation of the country, including a review of the more important economic sectors, discusses the implementation of the special econonic assistance prograrnme and the 1982-1984 three-year progranme on tbe economic reactivation and development of Eguatorial Guinea and draws certain conclusions and recommendations with regard to support by t,he int.ernational community for the development efforts of the Government. 3. The response of specialized agencieg and other organizations of the United Nations system to General Assembly resolution 391181 will be included in the report of the Secretary-General concerning Equatorial Guinea as well as all other countries for which t,he Assembly has requested the Secretary-General to organize special economic assistance programmes (see A/40/4391. t, A/40/L50. 85-2324L 2337b (E)A/40/430 Eng 1 ish Page 2 I. II. III.ATiINEX Report of the review nission to Eguatorial Guinea (7 May-14 ltay 1985) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . BACKGROUND ... ECONOMIC REVIEII A. General
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the economic situation of Equatorial Guinea and the progress made in implementing a special economic assistance program. It discusses the country's economic sectors, the implementation of a three-year program, and the response of international organizations to the country's development efforts. The text does not mention natural resources, environment, agriculture, forestry, fishing, health, education, employment, culture, or science and technology.