Israel even refuses to deal with the international Organization when it requests it to carry aut its &c&ions and resolutions. It has now becoiaa necessary for the international comaunity to take a stand on this subject and for the Security Council, and especially its permanent umber States, to shoulder their re8pWSibility to maintain international peace and searity, to implement international resolutions, to end the occupation and to protect the lives of the Palestinian children, women and men under Israeli ocaupation, in order to arrive at a just and permerent peaceful political solutiar to the conflict ln the Middle East through convening the International Peace Conference on the Mitile East, under the auspices Of the United Nations. EMS/.1 S/PV. 2923 19-20 (Mr. Arafat, Palestine) At a time when the international community is determined to build a world based o(1 co-operation, fruitful dialogue and democracy, when the atmosphere of international &ten&t ia being enhanced and when the peoples of tire world are preparing to welcome the axuing century by undersmring the values of freedom, dentxracy and human rights, Israel and its leaders insist on clinging to their defunct racist and terrorist policies. Our peaceful initiatives, together with our approach and our intifadah, represent a mdel that has been emulated end that has inspired many peoples struggling for freedom and democracy, peoples whfcfi have affirnx?d the harmony ard congruence between the realities of our era and the direction of that model’s principal course. Members of the Council undoubtedly knau that, on 13 EWetier 1998 in this hospitable country, in the name of the Palestinian people, I presented to the General Assembly the Palestin iar peece initiative a&opted by the Palestine National Council in Algiers on 15 November 1988, which was based on international legitimacy 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of the Palestinian people to the United Nations Security Council. It discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the occupation of Palestinian territories, and the need for international action to achieve a peaceful resolution. The text also mentions the Palestinian peace initiative and the importance of upholding international legitimacy and human rights.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations