UN General Assembly
1978

106. The Government of Guatemala considers that terrorist acts which affect innocent victims are also-quite apart from the motives which lead to them—an intolerable form of violation of human rights. So far the United Nations has not been able to establish effective procedures to solve this grave problem. 107. For several years the General Assembly has been dealing with the issue of international terrorism and the means to combat it. However, at the outset amendments were submitted to the very wording of the item in an effort, even before the debate began, to introduce the concept that the system of terror could be considered as a plausible political instrument. In my Government's view, that not only is unacceptable, but has prevented this Organization from taking any practical action against international terrorism.