it has provided Lesotho with financial and material assistance amounting to some $3.3 million over the past two years. This programme has been directed towards the care and maintenance of refugees and to their local integration through employment, training and educational projects. Moreover, every attempt has been made to resettle elsewhere those refugees who, for security or personal reasons, did not wish to stay in Lesotho. I I. It is my hope that the international community will continue to provide generous assistance to Lesotho to strengthen the country’s capacity to provide care and maintenance to all those who seek asylum within its borders. 12. The PRESIDENT: The Council will now hear a statement by His Majesty King Motlotlehi Moshoe- shoe II of Lesotho. 13. I have the honour to extend a warm welcome and express the highest esteem to His Majesty Mot- lotlehi Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho. I invite him to address the Council. 14. King MOSHOESHOE: Mr. President, on behalf of the people and Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho we wish to thank you for your prompt reaction to our request to summon, as a matter of urgency, this meeting of the Council. IS. You have, Mr. President, distinguished your- self as an able diplomat and a worthy representative of your country, the fraternal People’s Republic of Poland, at the United Nations. We are pleased, there- fore, to appear before the Council under your presi- dency to plead the just cause of our people, who have been immeasurabiy harmed in a most arrogant and inhuman manner by the apartheid rkgime of South Africa. 16. As members of the Council and the world community already know, in the early hours of 9 De- cember 1982, at about 1 o’clock in the morning, units of SADF violated our borders, invaded Lesotho and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement made by the President of the Council and a speech by the King of Lesotho, discussing the country's relationship with the international community, specifically in regards to providing aid to refugees and addressing the harm caused by South Africa's apartheid regime. The focus is on the humanitarian and diplomatic aspects, rather than economic or environmental issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief