text: 137.Atth.11thme.ting, Itatementl w.r.mad.byther.pr.c,ntativ'l ofIndiaand Bulgaria. Th.obl.rv.r fortheCommission oftheBuropean Communiti.1 a110mad.a Itat.ment. Reportofth.Trld.andD.yelopment Board 138.Atits24thm••ting,on20Ju1~',onthepropol',l oftheChairman, the Committee decid.d torecommend toth.Council thatittake not~ofthe:.portef theTrad.andD.v.10pment BoardontheI.condpartofitst,l.1rl;y-third 1.l8ion. 139.TheCouncil, atits35thpl.nary m.eting, on26July, adnpta~ thedraft decilion r.comm.nd.d bytheCommittee (B/1989/1~6, para.6).Forthefinalt.xt, seeCouncild.cilion 1989/167. 2.Foodandogricu1tun 140.Th.Council conlid.r.d theqU'ltion offoodandagricultur. atitsI.cond r.gu1ar1.llion (ag.nda item7(b».Ithadb.foreitther.portofthe Secretary-Gen.ra1 ontr.ndlintheinternational marketforagricultural and tropical products andtheliberalization ofinternational agricultural trade (B/1989/97) andther.portoftheWorldFoodCouncil onit.fift.enth le.lion (WFC/1989/7 andCorr.2). 11/ 101Forthefinalreport, seeQfficial R.cordl ofth,Gen.ral AII.mbly, Forty-fourth S.llion, Supplement No.15(A/44/15), vol.I. 111Forthefinalreport, seeQfficio1 Records oftheGen.rA1 Ass.mb1y, Forty-fourth S.lsion, Supplement No.19(A/44/19). -57-141.Th.Councilallocat.d theit.mtotherir.t(Economic) Committ.e, which aon.id.r.d itatit.11th, 18th, 22ndand27thmeeting., on6,13,18and 24July1989. 142.Atit.11thand18thmeeting., on6and13JUly,theCommittee heldageneral di.cu••ionontheitem.Atthe11thmeeting,itheardftnintroductory .tatement by the~aecutive Dir.ctor oftheWorldroodCouncil. 143.Al.oatthe11thm.eting, .tatoment. weremad.bytherepre.entativ ••ofthe UnionofSovi.tSociali.t R.public. andIndone.ia andth.ob.erver. forMalay.ia (onb.halfoftheState.Member. oftheUnit.dNation.thatarememb.r. ofthe Groupof77)andSw.d.n(onb.halfoftheNordiccountri••). 144.Atthe18thm••ting, ~tatem.nt. weremadebytherepre.entatlve. ofBulgaria, China,N.wZ.al,\nd, Uruguay, Thailand andColombia andtheob.erver. forArgentina, Au.tralia, ChileandMorocco. Th.repr••entative oftheroodandAgriculture Organilation oftheUnitedNation. andtheobserver fortheCommission ofth. Europ.an Comm~niti ••allomad.Itatement •• roodIndagrigultur. 145.Atthe22nd m~.ting, on18July,theoblerv.r forMalaysia, itonb.halfof theStat••M.mb.r. oftheUnit.dNationl thatarem.mb.rl oftheGroupof77, introduced adraftresolution (E/1989tC.l/L.l0) entitl.d "roodandagriculture". 146.Atthe27thm••ting,on24JUly,theSecretary oftheCommittee info~med the Committee that,duringinformal conlultationl, ithadbe.nagreedthatthedraft resolution Ih~uldberevisedalfollows, (a)The.econdpreambular paragraph, whichreadl "Noting withgong.rnthatthetensions concerning tradeinagriCUltural marketl remainvery.erious, notably owinqtothepe~si.tence and,insome c.ase.,intensification ofallform.ofagriCUltural protectioni.m andsupport mea.ure., inclUding importr••triction. andexportlubsidiel indeveloped coul1tries", wa.repl~ced bythefollowing text' "Noting withconcern thatwhilethegrowthofworldagricultural production ha.tosom.d.greesloweddown,tensions conce~ning tradein agricultural markets remainserious, notably uwingtothepersistence and,in somecases,intensification ofagricultural protectionism andsupport mea.ur••,inclUding, amongotherproblem., importrestrictions andexport .ub.idi••in.om.dev.lop.d countri,s"1 (b)Inthethirdpreambular paragraph, thewords"thereportoftheWorld roodCouncil ontheworkofitsfift.enth s.ssion and"wereinserted aft.rthe words"Takingnot.of"I (c)Operative paragraph 1,whichread' -58-"1.N.lggm" ther.n.w.dintunationlll commitm.nt tofi9hthung.r, malnutrition andpov.rtyal.xpr.la.d intheCairoD.claration oftheWorld FoodCouncil", wa.r.plac.d bythefollowing t.xt. "1.tf.lcomll to.h.r.ntlw.dint.rnational commitm.nt tofighthung.r, malnutrition andpov.rty.xpr••••dintheCyprus I~itifttiv. again.t Hung.rin theWorldand,morer.o.ntly, intheCairoD.claration oftheWorldFood Council"/ (d)Inop.rativ. paragraph 2,theword"Endgu,," wa.r.placed bytheword. "1bI1ggmll 11'0"/ (.)Inop.rativ. par.graph 3,theword."whichartinapo.ition todo.0"..,.nlin••rt.daft.rtheword."1Ugud.v.lop.d countri••"andtheword."in particular"-w.r.in••rt.daft"rthewordl"thatfocul"/ (f)Aft.rop.rativ. paragraph 3,an.wparagraph wa.added, r.a~ing. "4.It..tt.uu theurg.ntn••dfor.ub.tantial proCjJr...in.timulat.inCjJ foodproduction ind.v.lopinq countri.s andtheimportance ofincr.asin~ dom••ticfood pro~uction, th.r.by stimulating national .conomic growthand .ocialprogr"1 inthol.countri.s andh.lpingtor'lolv. theprobl.m of hung.randmalnutrition inaneff.ctiv. way"/ (g)Op.rative paragraph 4,whichr.adl "4.Call,upond.v.lop.d countrilltocontinu. to.tr.amlin. their admini.trativ. proc.dur.s I~thatth.yar.abletor••pondto.merg.ncy r.qullt. morepromptly andfl.xibly",
analysis: The text appears to be a report on a meeting of the United Nations, specifically discussing the World Food Council and agricultural trade. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a focus on economic and policy issues. The text also mentions international cooperation, development, and humanitarian concerns, suggesting a broader scope.