which, I reiterate, are, in the view of my delegation, inhuman actions because they deny thousands of innocent people, including children, the elderly and women, a fundamental right no one has the authority to take away: the right to basic foods and appropriate health care. We have al80 been inconsistent in hastily adopting decisions without aWaiting relevant information from the Secretary-General. Actions have been undertaken or threatened in response to alleged violations of the economic embargo imposed on EMS/7 WPV.2943 22 (Mr. Alwe de -Cuba) Iraq, when to date we have not received a single concrete accusation that the embargo is being ignored. Now the Council is again being asked to state a position that would amount to strengthening the economic measures against Iraq without pausing to consider the adverse consequences this might entail for third parties - which if they later called on us to shoulder our responsibilities under Article 50 of the Charter might only encounter the same old Security Council, slow and circumspect about responding to requests from Member States. The draft resolution before us not only contains clear threats that other measures - military measures, I presume - will be used against Iraq, but also lashes out against any State that might disregard resolutions already adopted, although to 8ate no information has been received to indicate that any party is doing soz we have never even considered an allegation to that effect. Moreover - and this is the crux of the draft resolution - those measures would extend to international air communications between Iraq and other States in a msnner which, in our view, has very little to do with the charter signed in December 1944, in mid-war, to serve as the basis for the activities of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It should come as no surprise 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic speech addressing the United Nations Security Council, discussing a draft resolution related to economic measures against Iraq. The speaker highlights the potential humanitarian consequences of the proposed measures, particularly the impact on innocent people, including children, the elderly, and women. The speech also touches on the lack of concrete evidence supporting the allegations of violations of the economic embargo.

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