As the Secretary-General stated in his report ( A/49/558 ) , the Central American countries believe that it is too early to make a final assessment of the impact of General Assembly resolution 48/162 on the governing bodies of the United Nations development funds and programmes . It is therefore of the utmost importance to request the Secretary-General , within a reasonable time-period not to exceed the period agreed upon in the negotiations for the new composition of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) , the United Nations Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) and the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) , to reassess the reforms introduced , and , in particular , the impact they have had on solving the problems of the developing world , and their contribution to that process . That will help to determine the system 's strong points or to indicate where further remedial action must be taken in order to tackle or address the root causes of threats to peace and social stability , which are also the causes of both domestic and international tension and conflict .