notwithstanding subsequent events. did commit the parties to pursue their efforts at a negotiated solution. 117. According to the Secretary-General’s report to the Council, at the end of last week there was, in his view, essential agreement on a broad range of issues, covering the nature and duration of the arrangement, the procedures for a cease-fire and a mutual with- drawal of forces, termination of exclusion zones and of coercive economic measures, administration of the territory, and the basic outlines of a peaceful settlement of the dispute. 118. Based on these initial results, the negotiations were further encouraged when, on I9 May, the Sec- retary-General submitted a new aide-mCmoire, high- lighting those points on which no agreement had yet been reached, The reactions of the parties to that aide- mimoire led to a stalling in the dialogue, but nothing justifies the resumption of hostilities. 119. Whatever the obstacles in the path of the reaching of agreement by States on disputed issues. this new military escalation is unacceptable. It is in blatant violation of Council resolution 502 ( 1982) and of fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 120. The Mexican Government was distressed to hear the news that British forces had begun military operations in the Malvinas Islands, which resuhed in a breaking off of the negotiations that were under WaY in the United Nations. In those circumstances. it yesterday issued a communiqu6 which reads. in sub- stance, as follows: first, the Government of Mexico regrets the continued use of force to settle this inter- national dispute: secondly, it considers that there is no legal basis for a Member of the United Nations unilaterally to arrogate to itself the right to implement a Security Council resolution without having received 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement or a report discussing a conflict between two nations, specifically the United Kingdom and Argentina, over the Malvinas Islands. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with references to international law, resolutions, and agreements. The focus is on the political and military aspects of the conflict, rather than economic or social issues.

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International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief