UN General Assembly
1982

position can evolve positively towards the recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people and their legitimate representative, the PLO, so that the Palestinian people may exercise their national rights to self-determination and the establishment of an independent State. In order to attain this objective, which is based on the noble purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter, I urge the United States Government to reconsider its military and political support of Israel. Recent events have confirmed that such support is the backbone of Israel's arrogance, intransigence, continued aggression against the Arab people, especially the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, and rejection of all peace initiatives. 62. My delegation reaffirms that the just solution of Middle East problem lies in solving the Palestinian question on the basis of the following principles; first, complete and unconditional Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories, including Holy Jerusalem; secondly, enabling Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights, including their right to return to their homeland, to self-determination, to national independence and to full sovereignty through the establishment of