text: UNITED NATIONS General AssemblyDis tr. GENERAL A/40/444 6 September 1985 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ARABIC/ENGLISH/ SPANISH Fortieth sessionIten 128 of the provisional agenda* CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT ARTICLES ON TITOST-FAVOURED-NAT ION CLAUSES Report of the Secretarv-General CONTENTS I. II.INTRODUCTIONPage 3 4 4 4COMMUNICATIONS RECEI\IED FROII{ GOVERNIT{ENTS Barbados Czechoslovakia German Democratic Republic Qat,ar4 5 III. COM!{UNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM ORGANS OF United Nations Conference on Trade and Economic and Social Commission for AsiaTHE UNITED NATIONS Development .. and the PacificL2 L2 I4 A/40/L50. 85-244L9 1453v (E)A/ 40 / 444 Engl ish Page 2 v.CONTENTS (continued) Page IV. COMIT4UNICATIONS RECEIVED FROTT SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOI,IIC ENERGY AGENCY 15 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 15 International Atomic Energy Agency 15 COM!,IUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROTT! OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 15 Lat,in American Integration AssociaEion . 15 European Economic CommunitYA/40/444 Engtish Page 3 I. INTRODUCTION ,/ 1. on 19 December 1983, the General Assembly adopted resolution 38/L22, entitled "Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses". ,Paragraphs I, 2 and 3 of the resolution read as follo's: IThe General Assembly, tl tr1- Request,s t,he Secretary-General to reiterate his invitaEion to DtemberStates and interested organs of the United Nations as well as interestedintergovernmental orEanizat,ions, to submit or bring up to date, not, later than31 March 1985, any written comments and observations which they deernappropriate on chapter IT of the report of Ehe International Law Connission onthe work of its thirtieth session, in particular on: " (a) The draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses adopted by theInternat.ional Law Commissioni tt(b) Those provisions relating to such clauses on which the Internat.ional Law Commission was inable to Eake a decisioni " (c) Any other aspects of problens relating to rnost-favoured-nationclauses that Governments may consider relevant in view of recent developmentsof international practice, includinE the recommendation of the International
analysis: The text appears to be related to international trade and economic development, as it mentions "most-favoured-nation clauses" and "draft articles" on the topic. The text also references the International Law Commission, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Economic Development, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, all of which are organizations involved in international economic and trade issues.