UN General Assembly
1971

38. In the Middle East, although a final solution is not yet in sight, it must be noted that the cease-fire has been respected for a year and there are certain grounds for hoping for at least the beginning of a detente and a partial solution. 39. I should like to repeat here the unreserved support of my Government for Security Council resolution 242 (1967), which should be implemented without further delay. We are in favor of the right of peoples to self-determination, and it is on that basis that the problem of Palestine, including the status of Jerusalem, must be resolved. Recently we considered it a good sign that the two sides, the United Arab Republic and Israel, had accepted the principles of a visit from the Committee of African Heads of State of the Organization of African Unity, entrusted with seeking new approaches for attaining a just and lasting solution. -