text: Decisions qf’ Ihe Security Council. The new system, which has been applied retroactively to resolutions adopted before I January 196.5, became fully operative on that date. - 2371st MEETING Held in New York on Wednesday, 2 June 1982, at 4 p.m. Pwsider?t: Mr. Luc de La BARRE de NANTEUIL (France). P~scnt: The representatives of the following States: China, France, Guyana, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Panama, Poland, Spain, Togo, Uganda, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of Amer- ica, Zaire. Provisional agenda (S/Agenda/2371) 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Question concerning the situation in the region of the .Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): Letter dated 31 May 1982 From the Charge d’Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15145) Expression of thanks to the retiring President 1. The PRESIDENT (i/ltcrpr’ettrtio/l from Frcr~ch): As this is the first meeting of the Council in June, I should like to pay a tribute, on behalf of the Council, to Mr. Ling Qing, the representative of China who served a,s President of the Council during the month of May. As President, Mr. Ling guided the work of the Counlcil last month with great diplomatic skill and tact and unfailing courtesy. Adoption of the agenda Question concerning the situation in the region of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): Letter dated 31 May 1982 from the Charge d’Af- faires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Panama to the IJnited Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/15145) 2. The l?RESIDENT (intcrpwtotion afhl FwIK~): 1 should like to inform members of the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Argentina and Brazil, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on 
analysis: This text appears to be a record of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, discussing a specific issue related to territorial disputes and international relations. The topic of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) suggests a conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom, which may involve issues of sovereignty, territorial claims, and international diplomacy. Given the context, it is likely that the discussion revolves around political and international relations rather than economic or social issues.