UN General Assembly
1956

67. The exchange of letters between the Foreign Minister of Egypt and the Secretary-General [S/3728], following their exploratory talks in October, would seem to indicate that, given good will on all sides, a framework for the implementation of the six agreed principles could be worked out. In view of the fact that withdrawal of forces other than those of the United Nations has now been initiated, the time would seem to have come to consider action by this Assembly towards initiating the preparation of a plan for the operation and maintenance of the Suez Canal and freedom of passage through it, as outlined in the draft resolution submitted by the United States [A/3273] on 3 November 1956.