over this meeting, as the representative of an African and non-aligned country with which my country has always enjoyed the best of relations, and one whose devotion to the struggle for changing the shameful conditions under which part of the African people in the south of Africa still live, is very well known. All of us here will certainly recall your personal, as well as your delegation’s, unreserved 3 -- efforts in promoting the sanctions policy against the racist regime .in Southern Rhodesia within the framework of the Security Council Committee established in pursuance of resolution 253 (1968) concerning the question of Southern Rhodesia, whose second special report is now before us. 35. May I also express my delegation’s admiration for the able and decisive way in which the representative of Peru, Mr. PBrez de CuBlIar, conducted the active work of the Security Council for the month of April. 3G. Before turning to the subject on our agenda, I wish also to congratulate the representative of Guinea, Mrs. Jeanne Martin Ciss6, Chairman of the Committee, under whose guidance that Committee has adopted its present report. 37, As the main theme of our meeting is the consideration of the second special report of the Committee, I am going to limit my remarks to questions which are dealt with in the report, although, of course, the whole complex of the problems of sanctions cannot be removed from the general framework of the situation in Southern Rhodesia, which is becoming increasingly serious and disturbing. It is, however, our understanding and hope that the Security Council will soon take up, at an appropriate time, this aspect of the Southern Rhodesian issue, too. 38. Precisely owing to the grave and dangerous situation in Southern Rhodesia, my delegation attaches particular significance to this latest report of the Committee and to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement, discussing sanctions and the situation in Southern Rhodesia. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating that it is a political or international relations-related text. The focus on sanctions and the situation in Southern Rhodesia suggests that it may be related to international politics or human rights.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief