possibility of diplomats leaving Panama, and, what is more, tanks, heavy artillery and major military concentrations were used to impede their leaving their diplamatic missions and even their moving fram one embassy to another. Although the situation was particularly grievous with regard to the diplomats of my cOUntEYe we cannot complain of dfscrtminatZon since similar treatment was meted out to the Papal Nuncio and his colleagues in the Vatican Mission in Panama and to representatives of other countries that had nothing to do with the conflict. Having voted for the resolution, we are duty bound, however, to draw attention to some of its elements on which we have misgivings. First, operative paragraph 1 “Demands that Iraq permit and facilitate the immediate departure from Kuwait and Iraq of the nationals of third countries ..e”. (re8OlUtim 664 (1990), para. 11 In our informal onsul.tations, references were made to s, 2937 (Mr. Alarcon de Quesada, Cuba) the national origins of these individuals, and Eiqureu were qiven. 8ut we have not yet received an answer to the question we have asked from the very outset: What is to happen to the large number of nationals of Palestine who are in the territory of Kuwait? 1s the Council asking that they be permitted and assisted to return to their lands, which, as the Council well knows, have been illegally occupied for so many years? Does the Council contemplate any action to ensure that the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, which pK@-da&? the conflict with which we are now dealing, are fulfilled? Perhaps we shall have to wait a while to get an anSuet to . that question, which from a statistical point of view seems to be rather important, according to the data with which we have been provided. The resolution welcomes 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic document discussing the situation in Panama, Iraq, and Kuwait, with specific reference to diplomats, military actions, and international relations. The language used is formal and formalistic, indicating a high level of diplomatic protocol. The text also touches on the topic of nationalities, occupation, and the aspirations of a specific group (Palestinians). Given these characteristics, it is likely that the text falls under the category of international relations.

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