text: of their agreement in principle to the settlement proposals. On 20 September 1988 the Security Council was informed of this fact by the Secretary-General, who provided the Council with an outline of the settlement proposals. The Council thereupon adopted resolution 621 (1988) of 20 September 1988, authorizing the Secretary-General to appoint a special representative for Western Sahara and requesting him to transmit to it as soon as possibile a report on the holding of a referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara and on ways and means to ensure the organisation and supervision of such a referendum by the United Nations in co-operation with OAU. 3. The present report is divided into two parts: (a) Part I contains the full text of the settlement proposals as accepted in principle by the parties on 30 August 1988. The Secretary-General believes that it would be useful for the Council to have the full text available to it at this stage, thus supplementing the outline he had provided to the Council in 1988; (b) Part II contains a report on developments since September lQ88 and it contains the Secretary-General's implementation plan for giving effect to the settlement proposals, taking account of developments since their acceptance in principle by the parties. The implementation plan is submitted to the Council pursuant to its request contained in resolution 621 (1988). S/21360 English Page 5 Part I Proposals bv the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the current Chairman of the Assemblv of Heads of State and Government of the Oraanization of African Unity aimed at a settlement of the question of Western Sahara accepted in principle bv the parties on 30 Ausust 1988 I. INTRODUCTION 4. The essential aim of the proposals by the Secretary-General of the United 
analysis: The text appears to be related to a political conflict and its resolution, specifically the Western Sahara dispute. The language used is formal and diplomatic, and the text mentions the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, and the Secretary-General. The content seems to focus on international relations, diplomacy, and conflict resolution, rather than any specific economic, social, or environmental issue.