UN General Assembly
1986

We, the Arabs, have a genuine interest in peace, and we are the people who are struggling to achieve peace. But peace has its roots and fundamental prerequisites. There can be no peace in the presence of aggression and occupation. Nor can there be peace while rights continue to be usurped. Peace can only be achieved through the elimination of aggression, the ending of occupation and the restoration of Arab rights, foremost among which is the right of the Palestinian Arab people to repatriation, their right to self-determination and their right to an independent State on their native soil. The road to peace is an international conference under the auspices of the United Nations, attended by the permanent members of the Security Council and all the parties concerned. Lebanon continues to suffer under Israel's continuing occupation of parts of its territories and Israel's interference in its internal affairs, the sowing of hatred among its citizens and the obstruction of efforts to achieve accord and peace in Lebanon.