UN General Assembly
1967

4. Accordingly, we in Finland have watched with growing concern the continued increase of the use of force and violence in Viet-Nam, where military operations have been intensified and extended to ever wider areas. Yet, as time goes on, it has become clearer than ever that no solution can be reached by military means and that their use presents a growing threat to world peace. Thus no arguments in our view can justify the continued destruction of Viet-Nam. The trend in Viet-Nam must be reversed in order to create conditions conducive to negotiations between all the parties to the conflict. The Government of Finland supports the proposals of our Secretary-General, U Thant, according to which the bombing of North Viet-Nam should be halted and all military activities reduced, so as to prepare the ground for a negotiated settlement.