UN General Assembly
1967

106. For reasons rooted in the composition of the United Nations and the history of the conflict, this Assembly is in no position to make recommendations to resolve the problem of Viet-Nam. This is not the case, however, in regard to the tragic situation in the Middle East. Indeed, the Arab-Israel conflict is par excellence a problem of the United Nations. It is a problem which is directly related to the acts and omissions of the United Nations. Its settlement can be left neither to the parties nor to the passage of time. It remains the prime and inescapable responsibility of this Organization. 107. In the joint Pakistan-USSR communiqué of 4 October issued in Moscow on the conclusion of the visit of the President of Pakistan, it was stated: