cfioking in pain, because the brother in wham we had put our full trust and the neighbour wham we have always treated well has acted in a manner that we least expected, a manner that has always been unacceptable under any norms or instruments: falsehood @ata&td in words and aggression paraded in actions. The Council has mat today Pp discuss the real mtive for the agqreaeion that atatted on 1 August. That motive has become clear to the world, as seen in the usurpation and total aunexatim of Kuwait by military force. This brinqs US bsck to the law of the jungle. It runs axmter to all international norm8, instruments and principles. How could the agqresaor 80 flart and disregard the international will, norms and practices governing relations between States and peoples? Wow did we get here? We got here through a series of lies and cheating that marked the Iraqi re’gime. Before its invaeim of Kuwait the Iraqi rhgime had made coimnibmento to Arab leaders, greatly respcted and appreciated by Ruuwit and iti people and egUdllY respected by their peoples and by the world. They were commitments to the effect, as the Council well know, that xtaq would not tmmit any act of aggression against Kuwait, let alone invade Kuwait. The result wa8 that Irag inva. 3 Kuwait and occupied it8 soil in its entirety. JP/cd s/w. 2934 33-35 (Mt. Abulhasan, Ruwa it) The Iragi re’gime thee made another claip~, that its invasiar oE Kuwait came at the request of alleged local parties. That claim was also proved false in a way that arde it the subject of the mockery of all the peoples and countt ies of the war ld. The Ir rigime continued with its claims ahd promises. It promised to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of a country, possibly Ruwa it, condemning the actions of the Iraqi regime in invading and occupying Kuwait. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a high-level official or government representative. The text focuses on the political and international implications of the invasion, rather than any economic, environmental, or social aspects.

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