UN General Assembly
1969

any situation in which this criminal irregularity is likely to take place, there is undoubtedly a danger that, because of their implications, the repetition of such acts could in certain circumstances disturb the peace which the United Nations is called upon to preserve. The United Nations is therefore justified in taking up the problem in due course and dealing with it in the appropriate way. 19. The hijacking of aircraft in different parts of the world should lead us to consider the creation of a favourable climate of opinion for the treatment of this type of depredation as an international crime similar to piracy on the high seas. 20. Views have been voiced which, although obviously well-intentioned, are apt to create confusion. We refer to the reaction aroused by the possibility that sparsely populated territories that have become sovereign and independent States will be admitted to the United Nations. The reasons advanced for not admitting these States have political overtones. It is argued, moreover, that, because the States in question have small populations and would have