, BOUJI r0 ZAJI (Zaire)(Cnterpretation from French): I ahould like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your country's aeaumption of the Presidency of the Council for this month. I should aleo like to RM/9 s/w.2939 44-45 take this opportunity to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Romania, who conducted the Council's extremely difficult work during the month of August. Allow me also to take this opportunity to welcome the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Sir David Hannay, and to tell him how very pleased we are to co-operate with him and to assure him that he can rely upon my delegation. I should also like to ask him to transmit our respects to his predecessor, Sir Crispin Tickell. Once again my delegation is speaking in the Security Council to express its deep disappointment and to note that the situation in the Persian Gulf is far from a return to normal. The Council has already adopted five resolutions on the situation. A few moments ago w8 added a sixth to that list. Resolution 666 (1990), on which my delegation voted in favour, clearly expressed the concerns of the international community at the situation in which thousands of individuals are involved. BCT/MGB WPV.2939 46 * (Mr. L-j&* zQ.jaa 1 These vorkera, from all over, who only yesterday, by dint of their intellectual and physical energy e were contributing to the prosperity of the Gulf region, have now been reduced to the condition of animals - and that is the fault of a full-fledged Member State of the Organisation that invaded and annexed another Member State of the same Organization, Kuwait. To each action undertaken by the Council in the quest for a solution to the Gulf crisis, Iraq replies with insolence and measures of intimidation. Zaire, in 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech given by a representative of Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the United Nations Security Council. The speech focuses on the situation in the Persian Gulf, specifically the crisis caused by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The representative expresses disappointment and concern about the situation, and references previous resolutions adopted by the Council. The speech does not mention economic development, natural resources, or any other specific sector, but rather addresses a political and humanitarian issue.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief