Can you imagine vhat would take place in the sanctions Committee if any country on Earth dared say it was delivering exports to Iraq or Ruvait because the contracts vere made before the date sanctions were adopted? I think the first to leap up and call this a clear violation of tbe sanctions vould be the very country that vas able to be so flexible when commercial advantages or contract8 it felt must ba respected were at stake. WPV.2939 29-30 (Hr. Al~con de -da. Cuba) I want to say that if this Council were in the future to deem it necessary to impose sanctions with the same strictness and stubbornness that have marked this case - comparable to no previous case in the Organioation's history: the Council has never taken such action before - it should at least be obliged to foresee the consequences its decision might entail for other States not the object of the 8atXtiOn5 and for millions of individuals who, because they live in the area of the conflict, could suffer grave consequences. If such foresight were impossible because the sanctions resolution had to be adopted within a few houra, the world might at least expect that in the course of the following month we would be able to adopt a consistent position on the problems arising from the implementation of our decisions. SSM/ cw WPV.2939 31 (&i Alarcon de Queo) My delegation considers that the contrary ha8 occurred. The Council has been compelled - for reasons that we all know, which I need not repeat here - to follow one course of action ana one alone. But something has occurred that my delegation frankly finds irritating, In the course of the past week - I am revealing no secret. I think that all of us in this building know what happened in the sanctions Committee. We all know 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of Cuba in the United Nations, addressing the imposition of sanctions on Iraq. The speaker is criticizing the Council's decision to impose sanctions and expressing concerns about the consequences for other countries and individuals. The text does not mention specific economic development projects, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture.

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