Wr. FICKERING (United State6 of America) t For a resolution for which he votedo the representative of Cuba spent a long time tellinq us about all the portiona of it which he disliked. I w%sh to respond to only one issue that he raised - the application of Article 51 of the Charter. I shall be brief; I shall read fraa a doortllenc I recently ouhmitted to the Council, document S/21492, tha first uaraqraph of which reads as followsr ‘A8 I informed y&u yesterday, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, I wish on behalf of my Government, to rewrt that the United States has ileplovsd military forces to the Fereian Gulf reqion. These forces have bean dispatched in exeroise of the inherent riqht of individual and collective self-defence, recoqnized in Article 51, in response to develo@aents and requests from Governments in the reqion, “P/Pt s/w.2937 34-35 (Hr. Pickerinc!, United States) includinq requests from Ruuait nd Saudi Arabia, for assistance. The amlication of this inherent riqht in response to the Iraqi a-d attack QI Kuwait has heen affirmed in resolution 661 (1990) .” I should like now to turn to a second document, resolution 661 ( 1990) and to read out the penultimate preamtu lar paraqraph, as folbwsr *Affirminq the inherent riqht of individual or collective self-defence, in response to the armed attack by Iraq aqainst Kuwait, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter”. I believe that that makes suff iclently clear the position of mv Goveknment in this reqa rd. Mr. ALARCON de @JESADA (Cuba) (interoretation from Spanish) ; Far be it from me at this staqe to embark upon a leqal discussion, but we still have the same Soncern - whether Article 51 can be construed to allow, on the decision of any 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of the United States to the United Nations, discussing the application of Article 51 of the Charter in the context of the Gulf War. The language used is formal and diplomatic, and the content focuses on the military actions taken by the United States in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Given the focus on international relations, military action, and the United Nations Charter, it is likely that the category is related to international politics.

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International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief