UN General Assembly
1965

30. So far as the first of these principles is concerned, the Government of Ecuador entirely agrees on the need for States to refrain from the threat or use of force to resolve territorial disputes and frontier problems. In addition to this principle, however, it is necessary to proclaim the principle of non-recognition of any territorial acquisitions which have been obtained by force, for otherwise a higher principle of justice would be threatened. Moreover, this principle, thus supplemented, should have full force not only for the future but also for any conquests made under the rule of force in the past.