of a brother-Arab State. There was the creation of a boque Government oE lauqhable implausibfli ty. There was the rapid extinction of that Government. There ua5 the annexation of that brother-Arab State. Meanwhile, that State knew loss of life. It ha5 known destruction. It t~s seen its wealth removed to the aqqressor capital. It has seen threats to its neiqhburs. Aqainst that backqround, we are today dealing with a strictly humanitarian problem. Yesterday, members of the Council qathered and thev asked you, Mr. President, to express their Concern and anxiety about the foreiqn nationals cauqht in Kuwait to the Secretary-General and also to the Permanent Representative of Iraq. That (cd8 done and we know that the Secretary-General, who has this problem vew much on his aqenda, has already decided to send tm emissaries to the Government of Iraq to secure the release of those who are cauqht in Iraq and Kuwait. That was the situation yesterday. Since then there have been two acts which outraqe international law and international opinion. The first was the use of intM3Cent civilians, justified by nauseatinq rhetoric about their status as ‘questsa, to act as a human shield to protect strateqic sites. The second was the Punishment of the hundreds of thousands of civilians cauqht in Kuwait and Iraq - a sort of act of retaliation against the Security Council for havinq adopted remlution 661 (1990) imposinq economic sanctions upOn Iraq. Whom did they choose to retaliate aqainet? They chbae the ueakest members of the cunmunitv: the children, the -men, the sick , the old and anvone wtt~ ms sufficientlv foreiqn to be blamed and cauqht up in the chariot wheels of historv. NS /As?4 S/PV. 2937 22 (Sir Crirrpin Tickell, United Kinqdom) I can hardly think of a more outraqeous act that anv of us in anv qeneration has 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement related to a crisis or conflict, specifically mentioning a "brother-Arab State" (Kuwait), the annexation of that state, and the treatment of civilians, including children, men, the sick, and the old. The language used is emotional and critical, with a focus on the humanitarian consequences of the actions taken by Iraq. The speaker also mentions the Security Council's resolution 661 (1990) and the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq. Given the context and content of the text, it is likely that the category is related to international relations, conflict, and humanitarian issues.

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