accordance with resolution 661 (1990). Despite the epeed with which that resolution was adopted and the pressures exerted for its adoption, and despite the flagrant injustice of its provisions, we note that the United States of America and its.ally the United Kingdom are attempting, by taking the position I have just mentioned, to impose a certain interpretation of Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. That position is based an the allegatiar that that Article allowa the natural right of individual or collective self-defence and that resolution 661 (1990) refers to that Article. Those two States have declared that they had been given the right to make use of that right on behalf of what they called the legitimate Government of Kuwait; they claim thaL this entitles them to implement resolution 661 (1990). AB members knee, Article 51 grants the right of individual or collective self-defence “until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to mainta in international peace and security*. The Security Council took such me3:ure:j b-1 its J&i/13 s/w. 2931 43-45 (Mr. Al Anbari, fraq) hasty and mjust resolution 661 (1990) requesting all State8 to respect that Article, and it established a Comittee in order to guarantee the implewntation of the tesoluticn. St is clear f!rom this that the position of the United States of Anerica and the United Kingdom is based on a totally fallacious pretext: the interpretation envisaged by them is only a partial interpretation of Article 51 of the Charter. pIS/14 s/w. 2937 46 (Mr. Al-Anbar i, I raq) By their positions, to which I have referred, the United States and the United Kingdom have transformed the way in which the unjust resolution 661 (1990) is to be implemented. Rather than invi tiq States to implement the sanctions 89 those 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement or a speech, likely from a representative of a country, criticizing the actions of the United States and the United Kingdom in implementing a UN resolution. The text focuses on the interpretation of a specific article of the UN Charter and the implementation of sanctions. This suggests that the category should be related to international relations, diplomacy, or global governance.

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International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief