text: (f)Provide technical assistance andregional advisory services, upon request, tomember States oftheregion; (g)Contribute totheplanning, organization andexecution oftechnical co-operation andassistance programmes; (h)Co-ordinate andco-operate withotherunitsandbodies oftheUnited Nations system andotherinternational andregional organizations, inparticular, theLeagueofArabStates anditsspecialized agencies, theGulfCo-operation Council andtheAdministrative Committee onCo-ordination. 34.15 Inthecontext ofco-ordination andco-operation withUnited Nations organizations, theESCWAsecretariat maintains closerelations withtheFoodand Agriculture Organization oftheUnited Nations (FAO)through itsjointAgriculture Division. Newworking arrangements arebeingdeveloped withtheUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), theUnited Nations Educational Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO) andtheInternational Labour Organisation (ILO),inordertocontinue andstrengthen co-operation inactivities relating toindustry, computer application andmanpower andthedisabled, respectively. 34.16 Closer co-operation isalsoenvisaged withglobalsecretariat programmes, namely: theDepartment ofInternational Economic andSocialAffairs, theCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs oftheUnited Nations Office at Geneva andtheUnited Nations CentreforScience andTechnology forDevelopment, withaviewtoavoiding duplication, ensuring complementarity andexchange of information. Atthesametime,efforts willcontinue tofurther co-ordination through jointprogramming ofactivities withtheUnited Nations Centre forHuman Settlements (Habitat), theUnited Nations Conference onTradeandDevelopment (UNCTAD) andtheUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 34.17 Intheimplementation ofitspopulation andwomenindevelopment subprogrammes, ESCWAwillmaintain andstrengthen itsexisting co-operation with theUnited Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) andtheUnited Nations Development Fund forWomenforsupport inthefieldofresearch, seminars, training studies and otherformsoftechnical assistance. 34.18 ESCWAcarries outanumber ofmultidisciplinary projects withtheUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)insupport oftheTransport andCommunications Decade forAsiaandthePacific, industrial entrepreneurship, engineering infrastructure, micro-electronics andinformatics, energy andhumanresource development. Suchco-operation willcontinue andefforts willbemadetoidentify further areasofpriority totheregion andtoseekUNDPsupport, either through direct funding orcost-sharing. .:.6- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library3.SubprQgramroe structure andpriQrities 34.19 ESCWAwillcontinue tQdealwithi$sues CQvered inthecurrent plan,allof whichareoriented towards theattainment QfthemainQbjective oftheCQmmission, namely, regiQnal cQ-operation fordevelopment. Withinthisoverall Qbjective, the subprogrammes havebeenreQriented tQaddress continuing issues aswellasnewones arising inthelightQfrecentglobal andregiQnal develQpments. 34.20 ThepropQsed subprQgramme structure isasfollows: SubprQgramme 1.FQQdandagriculture SubprQgramme 2.DevelQpment issues andpolicies SubprQgramme 3.EnvirQnment SUbprogramme 4.Humansettlements Subprogramme 5.Industrial develQpment SubprQgramme 6.InternatiQnal tradeanddevelQpment finance SubprQgramme 7.Natural reSQurces Subprogramme 8.Energy issues Subprogramme 9.PQpulatiQn SubprQgramme 10.Public administration andfinance Subprogramme 11.Science andtechnQlogy Subprogramme 12.SQcial develQpment andwelfare SubprQgramme 13.WQmenanddevelopment Subprogramme 14.Statistics Subprogramme 15.Transport andcQmmunications 34.21 Subprogrammes 1,2,6,7and12aredesignated ashighpriority. B.Subprogrammes SUBPROGRAMME 1.FOODANDAGRICULTURE (a)Objectives 34.22 Thelegislative authority forsubprQgramme 1emanates fromGeneral Assembly
analysis: The text discusses the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and its various activities, programs, and projects. It highlights the commission's cooperation with other United Nations organizations, international organizations, and specialized agencies. The text also outlines the commission's subprogrammes, which cover a range of topics, including food and agriculture, development issues, environment, human settlements, industry, international trade, natural resources, energy, population, public administration, science and technology, social development, and women and development. The commission's objectives are focused on regional cooperation for development, and its activities aim to promote economic development, improve living standards, and enhance the well-being of people in the region.