text: join with the various members and speakers who preceded me in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month Of January to observe that in the short period of your -tenure you have made a definitive and positive impact .on the deliberations of the Council and in the channels ‘of international diplomacy. JSM/td What is the terr itor ies that s/W.2786 18 (Mr. Waksoud) chemistry of the uprising of the Palestinians in the occupied Arab began 9 Decetier 1987 and caused the Council to meet more than three times in order. to discuss the issues, thus sharpening the focus and drawing the attention of the international community to the situation? What the uprising has done has been to reopen the question of Palestine in its basic essence, and not only to deal with what the representative of the Palestine Liberation Crganization (PI.0) called the derivative issues. Perhaps this became necessary when people thought that Israeli practices would in time enable the Palestinians to adapt to the permanency of their dispossession, disfranchisement and their institutionalised humiliation. The uprising has shown the futility of Israel’s expectation in depending on the amnesia of the international community to bring about its objectives of annexation and expansion in the occupied territories. Israel’s policy has been pursued through two measures , cne of which is called the “iron-fist” and the other the “scorched-earth” policy. It is because of this that the uprising, which was expected to be a temporary outburst, is becoming a sustained resistance. It is altering many equations. It is restoring the question of Palestine as the core issue in the Middle East. It is showing that the will of the People can overcome tanks; that the new generation of Palestinians, inheriting 
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or statement made by a representative of a country or organization to the United Nations Security Council. The speech discusses the recent uprising of Palestinians in the occupied Arab territories, the impact it has had on international diplomacy, and the implications for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or technological issues, but rather focuses on the political and humanitarian aspects of the conflict.