could not be accepted in a democratic body such as (E/1986/L.23/Rev.1), the first, fourth and sixth para- the Council. graphs would be deleted, and the fifth preambular 24. Mr. STIRLING (United States of America) said paragraph would simply read: "Recalling the provi- that a draft resolution was not submitted in a sions of the Proclamation of the International Year vacuum. His delegation's views on the text had been of Peace approved by the General Assembly,". In the affected by the comments and attacks to which his operative part of the draft resolution, paragraph 1 delegation had been subjected at the current session, would read: "Supports the proclamation by the even under items in the discussion of which his General Assembly of 1986 as the International Year delegation generally took no part, namely, those of Peace;". Paragraph 3 would read "Considers that relating to the Second Decade to Combat Racism and those efforts, as well as the universal respect for Racial Discrimination and the International Cove- human rights and fundamental freedoms, will con- nants on Human Rights. Now his delegation was tribute to international peace and co-operation;". being asked to join in the consensus on the subject of Paragraph 5 would be renumbered paragraph 4. peace, and it felt that it would not be very appropri- Paragraph 6 would be renumbered paragraph 5 and ate to do so. He knew that the Council regretted reworded to read: "Calls upon Member States, as well having divisive political issues brought before it, as organs and subsidiary bodies of the United particularly when they related to East-West matters; Nations, intergovernmental and non-governmental however, as he had pointed out earlier, the draft organizations, educational, scientific, cultural and resolution had been drawn up within the East-West research institutions and their communications me-
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a discussion about a draft resolution being presented to a council, likely the United Nations Security Council. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a high-level international discussion. The topic of the draft resolution is peace, which is a broad concept that encompasses various aspects of international relations, human rights, and cooperation.

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