UN General Assembly
1967

46. Surely, neither of the parties wishes to prolong the conflict indefinitely. But fighting continues. If it is carried on in the expectation that the adversary would surrender in the due course of time, I would say that that is unrealistic thinking. The actual situation is such that it does not allow such optimism. Is it not time for the world to stop arguing that one side is right and the other wrong and in unison call upon the parties now locked in combat to move together towards the conference table? The conflict now raging, unless halted, contains the danger of further expansion. But if peace is to be realized, both parties must move in that direction. Is it not possible for both parties to find some points on which they can come together in order to pave the way for a peaceful solution? I believe that, as a first step, all the parties directly concerned should stop fighting and enter Into talks on the basis and in the spirit of the Geneva Agreements of 1954.