United Nations and all it represents will crumbIe. I trust you will act in a constructive and responsible way commensurate with the gravity of the situation. 51. The PRESIDENT (tnurslatian fiorn Russian): I should like to inform members of the Security Council that I have just received a letter from the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Omar Sakkaf, requesting that he be given au opportunity to take part in the discussion of the question cm the situation in the Middle East. In accordance with established practice and the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, I intend to invite the representative of Saudi Arabia to take part, without the right to vote, in the consideration by the Security Council of the question of the situation in the Middle East. At the imitation of the President, Mr. 0. Sakkaf (Saudi Arabiu) took the place reserved for him at the side of the Council chumher. 52. The PRESIDENT (translation Porn Russian): The next speaker on the list for today’s meeting is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, whom I now invite to take a place at the Council table. 53. Mr. BOUTEFLIKA (Algeria) (interpretation from French): The Security Council @as already devoted a number of meetings to the problems of the Middle East. Its debates and its resolutions arc evidence of the complex nature of a situation which, because it persists and deteriorates, constitutes a formidable threat to international peace. If more often than not the Council has met under the pressure of events in order to quench an outbreak of fire or shore up a breach in an always precarious balance, in addition to making a necessary evaluatiou of the situation, the present series of meetings is designerl to carry out a genera1 examination of the questiolk 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a transcript of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, discussing the situation in the Middle East. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a high-level political or international meeting. The topic of discussion is not explicitly economic or environmental, and does not seem to involve humanitarian aid or relief. The focus is on the political situation in the Middle East, with mentions of "the question of the situation in the Middle East" and "the problems of the Middle East".

**Category**
Politics, International Relations