53. I have had occasion, in our closed meetings, to pay highest tribute to our President for the month of July, Mr. Noel Sinclair, of friendly Guyana, for the outstanding manner in which he has diligently striven to co-ordinate the Council’s work in crisis-man- agement. His statemanship, agility and dedication have shone the more brightly against the bleak and ever-more-darkening skies which overshadow a Middle East that is the victim of aggression. S4. This has been a continuum of gruesome and barbaric Israeli aggression begun in the early days of June, in which a mindless and heedless Israeli military robot invaded and savagely destroyed southern Lebanon, razing some of the most venerable and ancient cities, towns and villages of the renowed Phoenicians, whose inspiration and voluminous con- tributions included the invaluable gift of the alphabet in humanity’s onward march to an elevated and civi- lized life, 55. Tyre, Sidon, Nnbatiya and scores of villages have been destroyed by the criminal and genocidal bombard- ment by air, land and sea, as have all of the I4 Pal- estinian refugee camps which for almost 34 years sheltered the very same Palestinians who had been uprooted and dispersed by the criminal Israeli wan machine and usurped of their ancestral homes and homeland in Palestine. It devolved upon our President for the month of June, Mr. de La Barre de Nanteuil, of friendly France, to handle the co-ordination of the Council’s response to the brazen Israeli act of all-out aggression against the independent sovereign State of Lebanon and the Palestinian refugees who have been its guests pending their redemption and repatriation. Under his presidency, this was accomplished with great distinction and forthrightness when the Council promptly and unequivocally adopted resolutions 508 (1982), SO9 (1982), 511 (1982) and 512(1982). 56. All those resolutions categorically demanded 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political statement or a report from a council or organization, condemning the actions of Israel in the Middle East and praising the efforts of certain individuals. It does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on the conflict and humanitarian crisis in the region.

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