89. Everyone seems now to agree that the satisfaction of the inalienable right of the Palestine people is essential to any just and lasting settlement of the crisis of the Middle East. The struggle it is carrying on with self-sacrifice, courage and determination, while laying this down as the primary clement for a final solution, has brought to the surface the representatives authorized to speak on its behalf, to make its view known and to defend its national interests. Is it not time to pay attention to its claim and to suggest to those who call for a dialogue that they can find in that people the valid person with whom to talk, with whom they should discuss the arrangements for a true settlement? In any event it is clear that peace can never be restored to the Middle East until the people of Palestine are given a possibility, like other peoples and in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter, to exercise its right to self-determination. It is because that right has been ignored that various attempts at settlement of the conflict heretofore have found themselves in an impasse. It is because this was ignored that people contin& to go round and round in a sterile game of ambiguous interpretations, thereby strengthening even the thesis of those who do not want to see in the explosive situation which prevails in the Middle East anything but a chain of action and reaction, thus placing the persons whose territory has been occupied and the occupiers, the aggres. sors and the person against whom aggression has been committed, on the same level of responsibility. 90. The time to act has certainly come and the will should be expressed at the end of the Council’s work. This is what 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a political issue, specifically the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the need for a just and lasting settlement. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and their role in any peace negotiations. The text does not mention economic or environmental issues, but rather focuses on the political and human rights aspects of the conflict.

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