text: UNITED NATIONS AS General Assembly Security Council Diatr. IXNEHAL A/4U/697 s/17517 2 October 19B!3 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ARABIC GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fortieth Reseion Aqenda items 33 and 30 QIJESTIDN OF PALEST1 NE THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST SPCURITY COUNCIL Fortieth year Letter dated 2 October 1985 from the Permanent Representative ot Democratic Yemen to the United Nations addreeaed to the Secretary-General I ha*,cl the honour to transmit herewith the statement issued on 1 October 1985 try the Ministry ot Foreign Attaire ot the people’s Democratic Republic ot Yemen concerning the Israeli attack on the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Orqanizatton in the suburbs ot Tunic. I request. that this etatement be circulated as an ottxtal document ot the General Awiemhly, under aqenda itemfl 33 and 38, and ot the Security Council. (Signed) Abdalla AL-ASHTAL Amhaeeador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Heprcsentative ot the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen to the United Nationti US-2hYOH 1742u (e) / . . . A/40/697 s/11517 English Page 2 ANNEX Statement issued on 1 October 1985 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Yemen An official spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen has made the following statement: The air attack by the Israeli enemy on the headquarters of the Palestine Llbecation Organization in the suburbs of Tunis, which caused the death of a number of fighters, women and children, including Palestinians and Tunisians, constitutes a further violation of international charters and practices and confirms once again the policy of aggression and terrorism pursued by the Zionist regime, against the Palestinian people in particular and the Arab peoples in general, and its determination to persist with its policy of aggression against Arab States. The Zionist agqressors would not have dared to carry out their attacks on the 
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic document discussing a military attack on a Palestinian organization in Tunisia, which is likely to be related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with references to international charters and practices. The document is addressed to the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, suggesting that it is a formal statement on a matter of international security and politics.