Assembly and of the Security Council. (Signed) Massamba SARRE Clwir111a11 of the Com111itt<'£' 011 the• E.rerd.H' ,~/ the l11alie11ahle Rights ,f the Palestinian P<•o,,/C' DOCUMENT S/15573* Letter dated 21 January 1983 from the representative of Pakistan to the Secretary-General In continuation of our letter of 2 August 1982 [SI 15339], I have the honour to bring to your attention that. since August last year. there have been more instances of violation of the airspace and territory of Pakistan from the Afghanistan side. Details of some of these violations are as follows: I. Between August and December last year. there have been six incidents of violation of the territory of Pakistan involving artillery and mortar shelling from '''Cin:ulate<l under the double symbol A/38/79-S/I 5.'173. 2.5 [Original: English] [25 .lw111ary /983] across the Afghanistan side in the Chitral and the Kur­ ram Agency areas: .., During the same period. there have been 22 violations of the air space of Pakistan by Afghan-heli­ copters and aircraft in the North Western Frontier province and Baluchistan province. On many occa­ sions these helicopters and planes intruded several miles into the airspace of Pakistan. Two incidents have been particularly serious: (a) On 7 September. at 0800 hours. four Afghan helicopters violated the airspace of Pakistan and flew over Dresar about 4 miles inside Pakistan territory in the Kurram Agency area. The helicopters rocketed Afghan refugee camps in the Batai area and exited into Afghan airspace over Batai Kandao. Two children were injured and some head of cattle were killed; (b) On 29 December, an Afghan gunship helicopter entered the airspace of Pakistan at 2345 hours and fired at the border checkpost at Domandai in Baluchistan. The gunship helicopter came back after 15 minutes and again engaged the post. I request you to have this letter circulated as a 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a diplomatic communication from the representative of Pakistan to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, reporting incidents of violation of Pakistani airspace and territory by Afghan aircraft and helicopters. The letter is likely a response to a previous incident and is seeking international attention and action. The focus is on security and border disputes rather than any economic, social, or environmental issues.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade