powerofexecution tomaintain worldpeace. Therefore, itisdifficult tocarry outthedutytomaintain peaceandsecurity foreveryone intheworld,unlessthe greatPowerscansettletheirchronic differences, oratleastattempt toestablish constructive working relations amongthem.AW/jcl A/40/PV.24 52 (Hr.Al-Khalifa, Bahrain) Ithasbeenclearfromtheexperience ofthelast40yearsthatthesecurit~,. Council, whichisinvested withthepowertomaintain peaceandsecurity, couldnot settleserious political disputes intheworld,because oftheconflict in interests ofitspermanent members, assomeofthemwouldside open~ywithparties violating theprinciples oftheCharter. Thus,imp5>rtant disputes, suchasthe questions ofPalestine, Namibia, racialdiscrimination andAfghanistan, remain unsettleci. Forthesakeofhistorical comparison, wemayrecallthatmanypolitical disputes weresubmitted totheLeagueofNations afteritsestablishment in1920. TheLeaguefoundsolutions tosomeofthosedisputes, butfailedtosettlemostof theimportant ales.Intheend,theLeaguecollapsed asaninternational organization andtheSecond WOrldWarcommenced andinvolved theworldinviolence, disorder andinstability. Letusnowrenewourdetermination tostrengthen theroleoftheUnited Nations, sothatitmayremain animportant platform fordialogue andunderstanding amongnations andpeoples, andprovide agoodframework forco-operation and settlement ofdisputes, inordertomaintain worldpeaceandsecurity andspare futuregenerations fromthescourge ofwar. TheIraq-Iran warhasentereditssixthyear.Itsdanger andscopehavebeen soextended astoendanger navigationinthewholeoftheGulfregion. Commercial shipshavebeenattacked outside thezoneofmilitary operations, although they belongtoStatesnotparties tothedispute. Thesecurity Council adopted resolutions 540(1983)and552(1984), whichreaffirm theprinciple offreedom of navigation inthatvitalregionoftheworld. TheycalluponallStatestorefrain fromanyactthatmayobstruct freedom ofnavigation intheGulftoandfromthe portsofStates whicharenotparties tothedispute.AN/jcl A/40/PV.24 53 (Hr.AI-Khalifa, Bahrain) Adangerous development tookplaceinthiswarwhenIranstarted detaining in itsportscommercial shipsbelonging toStatesnotparties tothedispute. Such actsaggravate thedangers ofthewar,threaten international navigation and undermine therelations ofgoodneighbourliness • .TheIraq-Iran warhasbecome, without anydoubt, asourceofconcern and instability intheGulfregion. Movedbytheneedforpeaceful co-existence alOOng allStatesoftheregionandthesettlement ofdisputes bypeaceful means,the countries oftheGulfCo-operation Council ofArabStates deployed andexerted tireless efforts tosettle thedispute between theneighbouring StatesofIranand Iraq,andcalled uponthetwowarring Statestoapplythedictates oflogicand justice andacceptitsownmediation orthatoftheUnitedNations, theNon-Aligned Movement, theOrganization oftheIslamic Conference orothers. ItisworthnotingthatIraqhasresponded toallinitiatives tosettlethis dispute peacefully through negotiations. Movedbythedesiretosafeguard the security, peaceandstability ofthepeopleofthetwocountries, wesincerely hope thatIranwillrespond tothepeaceful initiatives andmediations, sothatpeace mayreturntothecountries ofthatregion. The1.pternational community asawholeiscalled upontomovetocontain this destructive warandsettleitpeacefully. Theinternational community canno longerignorethisdangerous war,whichhasstarted tothreaten thepeaceand security oftheGulfasawhole, andendanger theinterests thereby ofotherStates lyingfarfromtheregion. Thequestion ofPalestine isoneofthechronic problems thattheUnited Nations hasbeendealing with,sinceitwaslaidbefore theGeneral Assembly by GreatBritain onthegrounds thatitwasunabletosolvethatproblem. TheGeneral Assembly adopted thewell-known partition resolution in1947,inwhichsomewesternAW/jcl A/40/PV.24 54 (Mr•.At-Khalifa, Bahrain) StatesandotherStates fromtheEastern blocplayedaneffective roleinits drafting andadoption. Itwasunderthatresolution thatthezionist entitywas established ontheArablandofPalestine. Eversincethatdate,Israelstarted tocarryoutitsexpansionist policy. It stilloccupies allthelandof·Palestine, tobuildunlawful zionist settlements. Itattacks continuously theneighbouring ArabStates andoccupies byforcetheir territories, ashappened in1982whenitsforcesattacked Lebanon. Itstill subjects theArabinhabitants tothemostseverekindsofinjustice, murder and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or a report discussing the importance of maintaining world peace and security, particularly in the context of the Iraq-Iran war and the situation in the Gulf region. It also touches on the topic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The text does not focus on specific economic or social issues, but rather on the political and diplomatic efforts needed to resolve these conflicts.

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