A/RES/50/58 Page 11 by Member States for assistance under the provisions of Article 50 of the Charter, and the recommendations of the Committee in response to requests for assistance addressed to the Council by certain States confronting special economic problems arising from the implementation of Council trade and economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Recalling further Security Council resolution 943 (1994) of 23 September 1994, in which the Council invited the Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) to adopt appropriate streamlined procedures for expediting its consideration of applications concerning legitimate humanitarian assistance, Expressing its appreciation that in the last few months the Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) has undertaken measures aimed at improving and accelerating the processing of applications put forward to the Committee, Reaffirming its resolutions 48/210 of 21 December 1993 and 49/21 A of 2 December 1994 on economic assistance to States affected by the implementation of the Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Taking note of the letter on behalf of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of five States directly affected addressed to the Secretary-General 17/ and in particular the proposals for taking concrete steps contained therein, Commending the efforts of the international financial institutions, other international organizations and those States that responded to the appeal of the Secretary-General by taking into consideration the special economic problems arising from the implementation of the sanctions in their support programmes to the affected States, Commending also the continuing attention by the intergovernmental and regional organizations, in particular the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union, as well as through the Central European Initiative, to the needs of the affected States for assistance in developing regional transport and communication infrastructures, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 25 January 1995 entitled "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace: position paper of the SecretaryGeneral on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations" 18/ in particular its chapter III.E, on the issue of United Nations sanctions, Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General of 12 September 1995 on the implementation of resolution 49/21 A 19/ and, in particular, of the conclusions and recommendations contained therein, 17/ A/50/189-S/1995/412. 18/ A/50/60-S/1995/1. 19/ A/50/423. /...