text: graph goes beyond the decision taken at the latest Arab Summit Conference, and especially paragraph 7 of the Final Declaration of that Conference. If that paragraph had been put to a separate vote, my dele­ gation would have voted against it, in accordance with the principles maintained by my country with regard to the question of Palestine-principles that were emphasized at the Arab Summit Conference at Fez." It is certainly not without significance that no repre­ sentative of any of the participating States of the Fez Conference saw fit to enter any reservations with re­ gard to the various statements quoted in this letter. It is thus somewhat astonishing that, in the course of the debate and the vote in the General Assembly, certain representatives should have referred to the Fez resolutions as an indication on the part of its partici­ pants to reconcile themselves at long last to the legiti­ macy of Israel and its existence. I have the honour to request that this letter be cir­ culated as a document of the General Assembly and of the Security ~ouncil. (Signed) Yehuda Z. BLUM Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations DOCUMENT S/15551 Letter dated S January 1983 from the representative of Nicaragua to the President of the Security Council I have the honour to transmit to you the text of a letter sent to Mr. George P. Shultz, Secretary of State of the United ,States of America, by Mr. Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Nicaragua, on 4 January 1983. I request that this letter and its annex be circulated as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Jorge CANDA MORALES Charge d"affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations ANNEX 
analysis: The text appears to be a diplomatic correspondence between the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations, discussing the Arab Summit Conference and the legitimacy of Israel's existence. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a focus on international relations and politics.