UN General Assembly
1967

109. Israel insists on direct negotiations in order to free itself through negotiations from commitments previously arrived at through negotiations to which it is bound by virtue of its signature. Israel also seeks through new negotiations to legitimize a fait accompli and to allow it to proceed with its territorial ambitions. 110. In 1949, negotiations were held between Israel on the one hand and the respective Arab States of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon on the other. These negotiations were held in accordance with the decision of the Security Council of 16 November 1948 [resolution 62 (1948)], and with the assistance of Dr. Ralph Bunche. They resulted in the General Armistice Agreements, signed by Israel and the Arab States concerned in 1949. 111. These Agreements stipulated that their provisions could not be revised except by mutual consent. Furthermore, the Agreements laid down certain basic principles which could in no way be subject to revision. These principles are: (1) Respect by both parties of the Security Council's injunction against resort to military force in the settlement of the Palestine question;