Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea. Guatemala, Honduras. Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru. Uruguay and Venezuela to take the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. 2. The PRESIDENT (intc~rp~c~t(ltion ,fiwm C‘hi- IIPW): I wish to inform members of the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Belgium and Indonesia requesting to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the agenda. In conformity with the usual practice. I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite them to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accord- ance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the provisional rules of procedure. 3. Mr. de La BARRE de NANTEUIL (France) fintc/pl,cJtrrtion.fi.onr Frod~): I have already expressed my views, on 2 April [2349th mwting], on the subject of the initial responsibility for the hostilities, which belongs, clearly to the one who was first to use force in violation of the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter of the United Nations. My Govern- ment gave its whole-hearted support to resolution 502 (1982). voted upon the following day by the Council, whereby Argentine armed forces must withdraw from the islands, called in French Les Malouines. In the absence of such a withdrawal, the breach of the peace notod in that resolution could lead only to military confrontation. 4. After the initial serious military incidents, the French Government expressed its desire to see every- thing possible done to bring about a cessation of hostilities and the separation of the forces confronting each other. On 5 May. therefore, the French Gov- ernment, without taking a stand on the substance of the problem, that is. the dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, repeated its conviction that 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report of a United Nations Security Council meeting, discussing a conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands. The text mentions diplomatic efforts and resolutions, but does not touch on economic or social issues. The focus is on the conflict and the actions taken by the Council.

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