UN General Assembly
1982

namely, that Israel has a right to exist in peace and security behind stable borders. 102. So the problem has two aspects. It will need courage and imagination on both sides to deal with it. Otherwise there will be no peace in the Middle East— and the Middle East without peace will remain a threat to the peace of the world. 103. The Middle East is only one area of conflict. Other crises in other areas seem to arise with fright¬ening frequency. It is only too apparent that the international machinery developed here in New York to contain and settle conflicts has not been working as it should. The fact is that some Member States, including Australia, have had to go outside the United Nations framework for alternative peace-keeping arrangements. Examples are the Sinai Multinational Force and Observers, in which Australia is a par¬ticipant, and the current international force in Lebanon. 104. In an unusually candid report on the state bf the United Nations, the Secretary-General has this year set out the