Part II. Other matters considered by the Security Council INCLUSION OF CHINESE AMONG THE WORKING L\NGUAGES OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL Resolution 345 ( 197 4) of 17 January 1974 The Security Council, Having considered the question concerning the inclusion of Chinese among the working languages of the Security Council, Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 3189 (XXVIII) of 18 December 1973, Taking into account ,that the General Assembly, in that resolution, after noting that four of the five of­ ficial languages had already been made working lan­ guages of the General Assembly and the Security Council and affirming that, in the interest of efficiency in the work of the United Nations, Chinese should be accorded the same status as the other four official languages, decided to include Chinese among the working languages of the Assembly and considered it desirable to include Chinese among the working languages of the Security Council, Decides to include Chinese among the working lan­ guages of the Security Council and to amend accord­ ingly the relevant provisions of chapters VIII and IX of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council as set forth in the annex to the present resolution. ANNEX Revised text of rules 41 to 47 and 49 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Se,·urity Council Rule 41 Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish shall be both the official and the working languages of the Security Council. Rule 42 Speeches made in any of the five languages of the Security Council shall be interpreted into the other four languages. Rule 43 [Deleted] Rule 44 Any representative may make a speech in a laAguage other than the languages of the Security Council. In this case, he shall himself provide for the interpretation into one of those 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to the internal functioning of the United Nations, specifically the Security Council, and its language usage. It does not seem to be directly related to any specific economic, social, or environmental issue.

**Category**
Organization, International relations