ud,ifpossible, peaceful solution totheGulfcr.Lsis, wemustnotforgetthe othergreatsourceoftensionintheMiddleEaGtltheArab-Israeli conflict. Ireludshare.theviewofitspartneril intheEuropean CQIllftUDity thatitisa fu~therinjuatice totheArabpeoplethatIraq'sagqreDsion against Kuwaithaa delayed the.earchforprogress towards asolution totheproblems oftheregion, suchastheArab-Israeli conflict an4thesituation inLebanon. Wemu.trosumethepeaceprocess withavie.toacomprehens~ve settlement to bereachedwithintheframework ofaninternational peaceconference underthe aUlpice. oftheUnitedRations, withtheparticipation oftherepresentative. of thePal.stiniu people. TheMiddleEastregionhaswitnessed inr8centyearsaplagueofhostage taking. Everyone inIreland waspartiCUlarly overjoyed attherecentrelea.eof ourcompatriot DrianXGenanafteralmostfourandone-half yearsiDca~tivity. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library1M130AlCS/PV., lCO (Ht.Qpl1ipl. JrelAQ4) nelaatyearall10aawtherelea.eofaDUllberofotherhoataqe. IDLebanon. J:u trUlydelighted thatthe.eianocent peopl~havebeenreunited withtheirf.-iItes andwiththeirfrleDd.. J:ear_.tly hopethatallhoatap., DO-tterwherethey arebeiDg'heldorby"hOll,vUlbereIaa.ea. Iappealtoalltho••whoholdthe.e hoatag.a andtothosewho.aybeinapoaition toinfluence themtoea8uretheir immediate, unconditional andsafereleaa•• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library1tM/31 Al45/PV.' 141 (Mr.COllAR', Ir91ap4) .cona.!c co-operation, ¥blehIhadtheprivil~ toaddre.. onbahalfofthe Buropean C~ity, providea ati..lyopportunity to~.fl.ct ODr.c.ntozpori.nc. aDdtoe.tabllah b~oadguidelln••for.ucc•••fuld.v.l0PMent Inthe1990.. Th. cOD••n8U.Declaratlon adopt.datthe.peclal••••10Drecognl... the~,.poD.lbilles ofltachdev.loplDq country folt'Itllowndev.lopwlllt an4fortheinltltution of econolllc pollci••conducive tothat.114.Atthe...ti...itr.cognla••the r••pon.ibility ofd.v.loped counte!e. t~pro-ote.uatained int.rDa~ioDal .conomic growthandtoprovide.ub.tantlal cODe•••ionalr••ourc..ford.v.lo~Dt. ne••condUnit.d.atioD' CODference ODtheLeastDev.loped COUAtr!••,heldat Pari.froll3to13Sept.-ber 1990,agr••donaProgramme ofActionforthe1990sto tackl.theraDgeofverydifficult development problollD facingtheleast d.v.loped. neir.peelal D••d••dthoseofoth.rdev.loping countri••mu.tb. kep'tcODtinuoully Intheforefroat ofour.ind•• neprotection oftheenvironmeDt cODtinu.. tobeoneofthei••ue.of great••tconcerDtoallourpeopl••,particularly iare.pectofthevery.eriou8 eDviroDmGntal problems thatconfront tb.countri••ofEastern andCentral Europe. IMhopefulthatiDco-operation "iththo.ecountries it"il1b&po.dble toreach agree_nt ona••ri.aofconcrote ••••ur..that"illhelptoremedythelOl!lgyears ofneglectoftheellviroDllMitllt iDthatpartoftheworld. Theadoption ofamajordeclaratioD ODtheeDvirom1ellt bytheEuropean Council atitsneetinginDublin OD26JUDeIsaclearindication oftheimportance the European Community attaches toenvironmental issue8. TheDeclaration contains a stat.ment offund~ntal rightstoaclearandhealthy environmeat whichthe Community believe. shouldbeguaranteed toallitscitizens. Itatres.es the IliIl• "(r Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRM/31 AI.5/PV~9 142 (~Colllnl, I~1II4) importance ofinternational co-operation inachieving thisandrepeats theviewwe allholdofoursharedresponsibility forprotecting theenviroDmO~C oftheplanet. w.havedrawnattention inthepasttothedangers posedbynuclear submarine traffic in'theIrishSeaandsimilar areaswith eBtensiv~ shipping andfishing activitie.. Kecannotclom.oureye.tothe~ossibility -andeventhe likelihood -thatsoonerorlateranaccident villoccur,withwhatcouldbe calamitous conDequonc~s formycountry. Apartfromtheweapons theycarry,the Duclear-power unitsof'submarines arethemselve8 acauseofconcern. Ashasbeen suqgestod byanumberofNordiccountries, wewouldurgetheneedtoezulne the feasibility ofestablishing &greedsafetyguidelines forsea-borne nuclear reacto~s. Inrecentmonthsthere'havebeenindications thattheremaynowbea willingness onallsidestoaddress theproblem ofNorthern Irelandinawaythat holdspromiseofadur~le solution. Theextentofthecommitment inthatregard isamatterthatwill b~testedintheweeksandthemonthsahead. Forourpart, myGovernment reaffirms its~omm!tment todoeverything possible tocreatethe conditions andframework inwhichproductive talkscangetunderwayatthe earliest possible date. Wedonotminimize thedifficulties inourway.Thepotent~al participants in talksdiffer-sometimes profoundly -intheirsenseofthepastandintheir aspirations forthefuture. Butweareencouraged bytheextenttowhichashared analysis oftheproblemisbeginning toemerge. Forperhaps thefirsttimein60 yearsacommonvocabulary isbeingdeveloped. Onallsidestheissueisnew definedintermsofthethreerelationships -withinNorthern Ireland, between both
**Analysis**
The text discusses various topics, including international relations, conflict resolution, and environmental concerns. It seems to be a speech or statement from an Irish official, focusing on regional and global issues, rather than a specific economic or sectoral topic.

**Category**
International relations, Natural resources and environment