brief, since I have in fact no real ne4 tm explain my delegation’s vote. My delegation, when it was first consulted aboul: this situation and the draft Pesolutlon, ccmflrmed that we would have no &jrr;iiGG L- ---L’-- w.J rvirrry :n *m--Y* C-...a*.- -f c’\e draft resolution, since we agreed that thie decfsicm Ghauld be taken at any appeopr iate time by the Council. 58/7 sm. 2934 23 (Mr. Alarcon de Quesada, Cuba) However, I feel bound to make a number of comments, because I have heard rumours according to which saneone, for sane unkncwn reascnr is seeking to disinform public opinion and the representatives of other States members of the Catncil concerning a supposed Cuban action to prevent or &lay the adoption of the draft resolution. As members know, we indicated at informal ccn~sulta tfcns yesterday that we were ready to vote on it then and adopt it, as w were sure it would be adopted unanimously. What my delegation has in fact said in the consultations that we have been holding over the past few days since the adoption of Security Council resolution 661 (1990) is somethinq quite dieferent. We were saying it before the announcement oP the annexation of Kuwait or even before the intention to do so was m&z public. I feel duty bound to repeat what I have felt obliged t6 repeat constantly: cur profound conviction that the Security Council and the international commlnity must act energetically and promptly to prevent the conflict from bewmlng exacerbated and frcsca spreading. we cannot ignore the obvious fact that certain Powers are taking unflatecal measures that are not in acwrdance with the decisions taken by the Council, and that - as we no ted at an earlier meeting - do not accord 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement from a representative of Cuba to the United Nations Security Council. The representative is addressing the adoption of a draft resolution and denying rumors about Cuban actions to prevent its adoption. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues. Instead, it focuses on international relations, diplomacy, and the role of the Security Council in preventing conflict.

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