UNITED t{ATtoNs General AcscmblyDistr. GENERAL A/40/66 24 septenber 1985 ENGLISH ORIGINA!r ENGLISH/RUSS!AN/ SPANISH Fortieth se3sion Agenda iten 38 THE SITUATION IN THE. TTIDDLE EAST Report of the secretary-Genera I (in pursuance of General Asselobly resolution 39/1461 l. The present report is submitted in the tigbt of the reporting responsibllity conferred upon the secfetary-General in resolutlons 39/L46 A to C, ehich the General Assenbly adopteal on 14 Decenber 1984, at iEs thirty-ninth aesslon, under the agenda iten entltled nThe situati.on in the tttidatle East" 2. In resolutions 3g/L46 A and B, ehich deal tjith the search for a golution of the r,tiddle East problen and the Israell pollcies in the Syrian Golan Heights, the ceneral Assenbly, in paragraPh ll of reeolution 391146 A and Paragraphs 13 and l4 ot reaolution 39/L46 B. ctlled upon all States to adoPt a nunber of neasures concerning nilitary. econ@ic, dlplonatic and cultural relations $ith Israel' 3. In reaolution 39/L46 c. the General Assenbly deploretl the transfer by sdre stateg of their diplonatic niaEions to Jerusalern in violation of sacurity council resolut.ion 478 (1980), and called once aqain upon those stateB to sbide by the relevant United Nations reaolutiooa' in confornity rith the Charter. 4. rh order to fultll h13 reportinq re3ponsibility under the above-nenEioned resolutionc, the Secretrry-Gencra l, on 7 .tune 1985, addressed notes verbales to the Pernanent Repre3entatlve of Israel and to the Pernanent Representatives of the other lienber Statas and reouested then to inforn hin bV 15 August 1985 of any stepg thelr Governmenta had tak€n or envisaged to lake concerning the lnPlenentltion of the relevant provlsiotra of those reaolutions. the replies receteed froo Colonbla, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia' the Doolnlcan RePublic' Gtrana, Ku$alt, ualdiuea, Pollnd, Trinidaal and Tobago, the union ot soviet socialist RePublics and zanbia ate
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Secretary-General to the General Assembly, discussing the situation in the Middle East and the implementation of previous resolutions related to Israel's policies. The report mentions military, economic, diplomatic, and cultural relations with Israel, as well as the transfer of diplomatic missions to Jerusalem. Given the focus on international relations, politics, and diplomacy, it seems likely that the report is related to international affairs.

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