text: UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/AC.96/SR.449 25 June 1990 ENGLISH Original : FRENCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Extraordinary session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 449th MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Monday, 28 May 1990, at 3 p.m. Chairman; Mr. DANNENBRING (Federal Republic of Germany) CONTENTS Consideration of the Report of the Executive Committee Temporary Working Group (continued) This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document to the Officials Records Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Any corrections to the records of the meetings of the Executive Committee will be consolidated in a single corrigendum to be issued shortly after the end of the session. GE.90-01411/2035B A/AC.96/SR.A49 page 2 The meeting was called to order at 3.25 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TEMPORARY WORKING GROUP (agenda item 4) (continued) (A/AC.96/742) 1. Mr. de RIEDMATTEN (Switzerland) welcomed the outcome of the deliberations of the Executive Committee Temporary Working Group; the main feature of the report (A/AC.96/742) had been the consensus of all the members of the Working Group, in other words, of all the States concerned. In fact, that consensus had been essential in order to preserve the major part of the UNHCR programme at a time when it was called upon to meet growing needs with few resources. The task ahead was to implement the recommendations made in the report. 2. The organizational and rationalization measures announced by the High Commissioner largely matched the recommendations made by the Ad hoc Review 
analysis: The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The discussion revolves around the report of a temporary working group, which focuses on the implementation of recommendations to preserve the UNHCR program and meet growing needs with limited resources. This suggests that the category should be related to humanitarian aid and relief, as the UNHCR is primarily responsible for providing assistance to refugees and displaced persons.