than 1,000 Palestinian schoolgirls were exposed in the West Bank, in addition to other acts of repression against Palestinian students and civilians. 88 [Original: Arabic/English] [29 March 1983] Because this matter is of enormous consequence for the material existence and the health and also the psychological situation of the civilian inhabitants of the occupied Arab territories and because the situation in those areas is constantly deterioratin·g further as a result of Israel's expansionist and repressive policies against the Arab citizens in the occupied Arab ter-ritories. I should be grateful if you could arrange for this letter and its annex to be circulated as an official document of the Security Council. !Signed) Abdullah SALAH Permanent Representath·e of Jordan to the United Nations Letter dated 29 March 1983 from Mr. Hasan Abdel Rahman, Deputy Permanent Observer for the Palestine Liberation Organization to the l:nited ~ations addressed to the President of the Security Coun­ cil On instructions from Yasser Arafat. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), I am requested to bring the following to your most urgent attention. Since last Wednesday. 23 March 1983, six Palestinian girls· ·sec­ ondar} schooh in the Jen in district, and a number of schools in other areas of the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank have been the targets of terrorist attach. Over I ,000 Palestinians, mostly schoolgirls, have been hospitalized as a result of these acts of terror and mass violence. On 23 March, 72 schoolgirl\ at the Arraba secondary school near Jenin were rushed to hospitals in Jenin and Haifa after being poisoned by gas. Five girh were placed on the danger list, and 40 girh were readmitted to the hospital on the following day for recur­ ring symptoms. On 27 March, at 8 a.m., girh at the Jen in secondary school were 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the situation in the occupied Arab territories, specifically the West Bank, where Palestinian schoolgirls were exposed to gas and hospitalized. This event is linked to Israel's expansionist and repressive policies against Arab citizens. The tone is urgent, with a request for the Security Council to take action. This suggests that the category should be related to human rights, conflict, or humanitarian aid.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education