UN General Assembly
1986

The numerous hotbeds of tension that disrupt our world continue to be of the greatest concern to the international community. Thus, in the Middle East, the situation has barely changed. Motivated by annexationist and expansionist designs, the Zionist entity refuses to evacuate occupied Arab territories, showing obstinate disdain for the relevant resolutions of the Organization. Moreover, Jewish settlements, far from being" reduced in number, are proliferating in the occupied territories, as ever accompanied by harsh repression against the Arab and Palestinian population, with serious violations of human rights and dignity. As we have always said, there cannot be a just and lasting peace in the Middle East as long as the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people are not acknowledged, guaranteed and effectively exercised. Hence my country unreservedly supports the idea of organizing an international conference on peace in the Middle East, in which all the parties concerned would participate, including, of course, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PIO), the sole legitimate and authentic representative of the Palestinian people.