UN General Assembly
1959

174. A problem of great importance for the achievement of peaceful and stable conditions in the Middle East Is the reintegration and resettlement of the Palestine Arab refugees. This problem is now more than ten years old, but is unfortunately no nearer to its solution. My delegation feels that determined efforts should now be directed towards solving this problem, in accordance with earlier General Assembly resolutions and taking into account the preferences of the refugees themselves. I sincerely hope that both Israel and the Arab host countries will co-operate to this end.