non-governmental bodies relating to matters of which the Council is seized, which will be circulated to all members of the Council. 2. In accordance with decisions adopted by the Security Council at previous meetings, I propose, with the Council’s consent, to invite the representatives of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the United Republic of Tanzania, Chad, the Syrian Arab Republic, Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Guyana, Mauritania, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon to take part, without the right to vote, in the Council’s examination of the situation in the Middle East, At the invitation of the President, Mr. M. 1% El-Zayyat (Egypt), Mr. Y. Tekoah (Israel) and Mr. A. H. Sharaf (Jordan) took places at the Council table: and Mr. S. Salim [United Republic of Tanzania), Mr. H. G. Ouangmotching (Chad), Mr. Ii Kelani (Syrian Arab Republic), Mr. E. 0. Ogbu (Nigeria), Mr. A Bouteflika (Algeria), Mr. M, Zentar (Morocco), Mr. A. Al-Pachachi (United Arab Emirates), Mr. H. Nur Elmi (Somalia), Mr. R. E0 Jackson (Guyana), Mr. ni El Hassen (Mauritania), Mr, A. Y. Bishara (Kuwit), Mr. J. Y. Jamnl (Qatar], Mr. 0. Sakkaf (Saudi Arabia) and Mr, E. Ghorra (Lebanon) took the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. 3. The PRESIDENT (translation from Russian): I should also like to inform members of the Council that, as President of the Council, I have received a letter from Ambassador Hoveyda, the representative of Iran, requesting that the delegation of Iran be given an opportunity to take part in the consideration of the agenda item before the Council today. In accordance with established practice and the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council I propose to Invite the representative of Iran to take part, without the right to vote, in the Security Council’s 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, where various countries are being invited to participate in a discussion about the situation in the Middle East. The representatives being invited are from countries in the region, and the meeting is likely focused on diplomatic efforts to address conflicts and issues in the area.

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