text: UNITED NATIONS Security Council . ' " . -~ -. .: ~ ·. f ) ·~ "' i • ,: • ' Distr. GENERA.L S/21363 19 June 1990 ENGLISH s ORIGINAL: FRENCH NOTE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL On 19 June 1990, following consultations, the President of the Security Council issued the following statement on behalf of the members of the Council: "The members of the Security Council strongly deplore the incident, which occurred on 12 June 1990 in a clinic belonging to the Unitgd Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and located near to Shati camp in Gaza, in which several innocent Palestjnian women and children were wounded by a tear-gas grenade thrown by an Israeli officer. "The members of the Security Council are dismayed to find that the penalty imposed on that officer has been commuted. "They reaffirm that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem, and request the High Contracting Parties to ensure respect for the Convention. "They ca.11 ·l1pon Israel to abide by its obligations under that Convention." 90-15336 1616g (E) ,.,._ I 
analysis: The text appears to be a statement by the United Nations Security Council regarding a specific incident involving an Israeli officer, Palestinian women and children, and the Geneva Convention. The content of the statement is focused on humanitarian and legal issues, rather than economic or industrial matters. The incident is related to a clinic and the welfare of civilians, which suggests a strong connection to humanitarian aid and relief.