UN General Assembly
1960

120. It is our ardent hope that the Dutch will surrender West Irian to Indonesia, to which it belongs. The Dutch would be best advised to come to an agreement with Indonesia on the matter. By so doing the people and the Government of the Netherlands can earn the friendship and co-operation not only of Indonesia but of all the African-Asian peoples, who stand here in the United Nations for every cause of liberty and freedom. 121. I should now like to turn to another cause of justice, another cause of self-determination. I refer to the problem of another people striving to restore their national life, to live in dignity in their homeland and to exercise their inherent right of self-determination. The homeland is Palestine, and the people are its lawful and legitimate nation. 122. This session of the Assembly offers a commanding, a demanding, occasion to state the Arab position on the question of Palestine fully, frankly and to the last point of finality. I propose to undertake this task for many reasons.