UN General Assembly
1966

169. This attitude was also evident when the Netherlands took the auspicious step of submitting to this Assembly an interesting plan for the establishment of a body to determine what acts might lead to international conflicts. 170. We must insist that the conquest of territory or the gaining of advantage by force of arms is repugnant to the legal conscience of the world and devoid of all legal force and institutes a permanent hotbed of discord which prevents neighbouring peoples from embarking on the tasks necessary for their progress in a spirit of brotherly co-operation. 171. It is for all these reasons that the item concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes, which was suggested last year and is to be discussed at this session, is of singular importance, and that is why Ecuador, a peace-loving country par excellence, requests that this item be studied with great interest.