upitsbankrupt policyofseekingterritorial expansion attheexpense ofits neighbours andallowthebrother peoples oftheHornofAfricatolivetogether in peaceandharmony. Havinglistened tothestatement oftheSomaliMinister this afternoon, wearecertainly disappointed.NR/at A/40/PV.23 61 (Mr.Dinka,Ethiopia) Asterritorial aggrandizement isnotpalatable totoday's enlightened world public, Somalia disclaims tlayterritorial ambitions whilereaffirming itssupport fortheself-determination ofwhatitsrepresentatives refertoasthe"oppressed peoples intheHornofAfrica". Isubmitthatthisreaffirmation ofsupport is nothing butatoo-clever-by-half version ofSomalia's well-known irredentist policy. Bethatasitmay,thedelegation ofEthiopia wouldliketostressonceagain thefactthatthetruesourceoftheprobl\ 4intheHornofAfricaisSomalia, the problem childofthatregion. AslongasSomalia's regimepursuesitsexpansionist policy, peaceandco-operation between thepeoples ofEthiopia andSomalia will remainadream. Therefore westrongly urgetheregimeofSomalia togiveupits unrealizable ambition~. Themalicious accusation madethisafternoon against mycountry bytheForeign Minister ofSomalia totheeffectthatEthiopia hadoccupied partsofSomalia has nobasisinfact.Asfortheequally baseless allegation ofaggression byEthiopia against SOmalia, Iwishsimplytoreaffirm whatIstatedinmylettertothe Secretary-General dated25September 1985,issuedasadocument oftheGeneral Assembly andthesecurity Council underthesYmbols A/40/680 andS/17495 respectively. Ishouldlikethemembers oftheAssembly toknowthat,asaself-respecting nation, Ethiopia hasnodesiretoindulge infutileacrimony withSomalia inthis forum. Wehavetoomuchrespect fortheAssembly andwevalueitsprecious time. Wealsobelieve thatthisisaforumforthesearchforsolutions andnotforthe extension andaggravation ofconflicts. Itisoutofthisconviction thatmy delegation hasrefrained during thepastthreeconsecutive sessions oftheGeneral Assembly fromexercising itsrightofreplyinthefaceofrepeated vilifications onthepartoftherepresenta Uvesofthef.t:lgadishu regime. IftodaywechoosetoNR/at A/40/PV.23 62 (Mr.Dinka,Ethiopia) exercise ourrightofreply,itisforthesinglepurpose ofsetting therecord straight -atleastonceeverythreeyears-andnotbecause thedelegation of somalia hassaidanything different fromormoreserious thantheiroft-repeated andpreposterous lies. Mr.DJOUDI(Algeria) (interpretation fromFrench): Inhisstatement in thisAssembly theForeign Minister ofAlgeria hasreaffirmed theposition ofmy country withregardtothepersistent conflict intheWestern Sahara. Our assessment ofthesituation isveryclearly expressed inthatstatement, asareour viewsonajustanddefinitive settlement oftheconflict. TheForeign Minister of theKingdomofMorocco sawfittobaseanargument onapressconference andbya veryoriginal reading soughttosupporthisownarguments. Weshouldobserve, firstofall,thatitisodd-tosaytheleast-foranyonetobasearguments upon extracts fromstatements madeatapressconference, whereas theofficial position ofAlgeria hadjustbeenexpressed intheAssembly. Indeed,itwasprecisely in theAssembly thattheForeign Minister ofAlgeria statedthatitwaswellknown thattherewere "•••attempts topervert theconsensus anddistort thesettlement process whichisthesubject ofthatconsensus". (A/40/PV.16, p.86) Thestatement bytheKingdom ofMorocco yesterday gaveexpression tothese attempts. Wewouldhavepreferred tosparetheAssembly recourse tosuchan interpretation ofthatpressconference, justaswewouldhaveliked-guidedbya constant andresolute desire-toavoidgivingrisetoanypolemics. Butnowthat aninterpretation distorting boththespiritandtheletteroftheremarksofthe Foreign Minister ofAlgeria hasbeenmade,someclarification becomes necessary. TheOrganization ofAfrican unity,theMovement ofNon-aligned Countries or theunitedNations arefamiliar withtheMoroccan practices ofchanging theNB/at A/40/PV.23 63 (M~.Djoudi, Algeria) substance ofresolutions, declarations ordecisions soastohavethemsaywhat theydonotsay,forapurpose theydonothave.TheMoroccan reading ofthepress conference inquestion leadsustopointoutthreeelements: first,thereasonwhy Algeria hasrecourse totheMaghreb framework andtotheAlgerian-Moroccan dialogue; secondly, whatwassaidoftheattitude takenbytheOrganization of African Unity;and,thirdly, thesC:called deadlock intheOrganization ofAfrican Unityonthesettlement oftheconflict inthewestern sahara.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations. The topic of discussion is the territorial ambitions of Somalia, the Horn of Africa, and the conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia. The text does not contain any specific references to economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues. Instead, it focuses on the political and diplomatic aspects of the conflict, making it unlikely to fall under categories related to economics, environment, or science.

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