UN General Assembly
1967

167. If I may now refer to the situation in the Middle East, my delegation firmly believes in the Charter principle that Members of the Organization are invited to settle their international disputes by peaceful means and to "refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations". Hence we condemn war as a means of settling international disputes and deplore the fact that these fundamental principles of the Charter have not been respected in that region. We trust that a lasting solution, based on peaceful means, will be found. 168. This being so, my delegation would like to recall here the Declaration of the Organization of African Unity at Kinshasa: "The Assembly of Heads of State and Government ... Expresses its sympathy to the United Arab Republic, and decides to work within the United Nations in order to secure the evacuation of the United Arab Republic's Territory [by foreign troops]".