UN General Assembly
1956

98. The fact that Hungary is affiliated with more than 200 international organizations illustrates our part in expanding international relations and co-operation in all directions. Hungary is glad to co-operate internationally in the peaceful uses of atomic energy and was a party to the recently signed Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 99. The chief factor in the present international tension has been the aggressive attitude of certain Western countries, and particularly of the United Kingdom and France, in connexion with the nationalization of the Suez Canal. Although this act by Egypt in no way contravened international law, the United Kingdom and France decided on armed intervention. The tripartite armed attack against Egypt, which resolutely safeguarded its national interests, reminds one of the most shameful chapter from the heyday of colonialism. Egyptian patriots will not easily forget the bloodbath of Port Said.