nothing less from the Council. 33. The PRESIDENT: The next speaker is the observer for the Palestine Liberation Organization, on whom I now call. 34. Mr. MANSOUR (Palestine Liberation Organization) (interpretation from Arabic): Let me at the outset, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, congratulate you on your assump- tion of the presidency for the current month. My delega- tion, real&g your great diplomatic competence, is certain that you will guide the Council with experience, honesty and professionalism. 35. We would also like to emphasize our great apprecia- tion to your predecessor, the representative of the Soviet Union, a ,loyal friend of our people and revolution, Mr. Oleg Troyanovsky, who conducted the business of the Council with outstanding skill last month. 36. Moreover, I cannot fail at the outset to thank all of the friendly States which voted in support of our partidipa- tion in the proceedings of the current meeting. 37. Once again the Security Council is meeting to exam- ine the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories after a new wave of oppression and terrorism against the sons of the Palestinian people at the hands of the forces and authorities of the Israeli occupation. 38. Since 4 August 1985, the occupied Palestinian territo- ries have been witnessing a marked escalation of the “iron fist” policy designed to suppress the Palestinian mass res- istance movement against the occupier and its policies. On that day the Israeli Government adopted a set of oppres- sive, fascistic laws and procedures: it revived the state of emergency originally introduced in 1945 by the British mandatory authorities in Palestine, especially those aspects relating to administrative detention, selective deportation and the closing down of Palestinian newspapers and bulletins. 39. These laws grant absolute authority to the military Israeli governor to arrest whomever he wants, without 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a statement made by the observer for the Palestine Liberation Organization in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The language used is formal and diplomatic, and the content focuses on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, specifically the Israeli occupation and its policies. The text does not mention any economic, industrial, or environmental issues, but rather addresses a political and humanitarian crisis.

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