requite rapid international nctiocr cm t& part of the Security Council to prwide international protection to the Palestinian people t.hraugh a permanent United Nations presence. I would here like to refer to Security Council resolution 605 (198‘0 of 22 December 19987, which calls for security and protection guarantees for Palestinim civiliatlg under Ioraeli occupation. 1 mid aleo like to refer to Mr. Marrack Goulding’s report of January 1988, produced after hie visit to the occupied territories, and his report QI the definition of material protection. An essential party in the Middle East problem, nmly the Palestinian side, has pmpofmd a historic settlement enshrined by the seventeenth extraordinary BesSionr held in Algiers in 1988, accepting the international framework for the settlement of the Middle East problem, e-died in all relevant ffnited Nation3 resolutions. In hia exhaustive and elwuent statemnt yesterday, the President of Palestine, President Arafat, explicitly affirmed its strategic commitment ti peace an the baeis of intarnational law and on the basis of equality, balance of -_--.-c iatereo%, r~~w~;r fir’ i%lestinian riqhie t~hrough iiberatim iind nationai indeF@endence, and the right to live in peace and security for everyone. ‘Since the General Asaeas>ly meting in Qneva 1908, variow attempts have been made to enwre that the peace procaee continues. President Hami Hubarak haa proposed a IO-point initietfve to revive the peaoe proceae. It has en joyed bread s/w. 2923 223 (Mr. Elaraby, Egypt) international support:. There have bean other initiatives and efforts, snd all have CoGWk up against the wall of Israeli refusal, uhioh has created frustration in the occupied territories and led to m ascalatim of tensim and violence. Egypt, which ws the first to open &ocs that had been olr~ed to peace in the Middle East, reloaim convinced that peace is indivisible and that security is a 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political situation in the Middle East, specifically the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the efforts to achieve peace and security in the region. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text may be an official document or a speech. The text references various international resolutions, reports, and initiatives, which further supports the idea that it is a political or diplomatic document.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations