UN General Assembly
1967

97. The aggressors are even seeking to benefit from the lack of a definition of aggression in order to make it more difficult to condemn them on political or moral grounds or to take collective measures against their acts of violence. In this connexion, our delegation considers that the proposal of the Soviet Government (A/6833) calling on the United Nations to expedite the drafting of a definition of aggression is most opportune, and we support it. It would be a new contribution by our Organization to the establishment of rules of conduct for States which would eliminate any form of aggression as an instrument of national policy. 98. One encouraging aspect of the present international situation, which is characterized by the lack of positive solutions to major international problems, is the presentation of identical draft treaties on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons to the Eighteen- Nation Committee on Disarmament in Geneva. This leads us to hope that we are not far from agreement on this problem.