UN General Assembly
1982

peoples of the world. But they should not have to pay a price for their belief in peace, justice and right. 235. Despite all the tragedies suffered by the Arabs as a result of the aggressive presence of the Israelis in the region, and in spite of the wars waged by Israeli troops in Lebanon against the Arab nation, at the recent Twelfth Arab Summit Conference, held at Fez, a peace plan was announced based on the following principles: first, complete Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories; secondly, recognition of the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian Arab people, including their right to return, to self-determination and to establish their own inde¬pendent State under the leadership of the PLO, their sole legitimate representative; and, thirdly, the formulation by the Security Council of the guarantees of peace. The Security Council would guarantee the implementation of these principles, which are based on two things: the relevant United Nations resolutions and the Charter, and the Arabs' conviction that peace is important and necessary for the international com¬munity.