States ?&mbers of the United Nations. We owe this responsibility particularly to the small and vulnerable States, such as Kuwait, which look to the Council for protection and support, as weLl as all other States in this volatile region. MO& of all, wQ we this responsibility to the @opLe of Kuwait, who have been agqcessed against so blatantly by the Baghdad r8gime. Therefore, my delegation ~rtirri*tcd ;zt?vely aitfi oii~ar colieagues on the Council in the drafting of resolution 660 (1990) last Thursday morning, and with the drafting of the present draft resolutton. We have oo-sponsored the present draft resolution and will support it. JP/pt s,‘PV.2933 26 Sic Crispin TICKELL (United Kingdom) : Over f iv@ days our hopes of Iraqi compliance with resolution 660 (1990) have been disappointed. Indeed, far fCOm seeing an unconditional withdrawal, as so often tcumpeted, we have seen instead the further entrenchment of Iraqi forces in Kuwait. There have indeed been mild movements of tank transporters, but they have carried in army cases, I believe, the loot from a city which has been despoiled rather than indicating a serious withdrawal of Iraqi forces. I: was interested to hear from the Ambassador of Iraq that we were a kind of sub-post office of the State Department. More important, in his statement he gave no justification whatever for the aggression which his Government has committed. Indeed, we SIX concentrations of battle-trained Iraqi soldiers to the south, ready and equiwed with essential supplies. In Kuwait itself we have had threats from the puppet government against the citizens and assets of those countries which might dare to vote for economic sanctions. We even heard this mxning in London from the Iraqi Embassy that the legitimate Govecnment of Kuwait was “finisbed’ and that it would be unwise - indeed, an illusion - for Governments to continue to &al 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement by the United Kingdom representative to the United Nations, addressing the situation in Kuwait and Iraq. It discusses the actions of the Iraqi government, the deployment of Iraqi forces, and the threats against the citizens and assets of countries that might vote for economic sanctions. The text does not mention any specific economic, social, or environmental issues, but rather focuses on the political and military aspects of the conflict.

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