UN General Assembly
1956

86. The United Nations should also demand that the United Kingdom, France and Israel call an immediate halt to all actions constituting a threat or causing tension along the Israel-Jordan or Israel-Syrian frontiers (troop concentrations on the frontiers, flights of reconnaissance planes and the like), so that genuine pacification of that part of the Arab East may come about. There are a number of indications — as the Syrian representatives said here yesterday [586th meeting] — that certain circles in the United Kingdom, France and Israel harbour further aggressive designs against the Arab Governments. It is the duty of the United Nations to unmask such intentions and nip them in the bud. 87. It is shortsighted to think that aggression against Egypt or punitive actions by the French colonial authorities in Africa can strengthen the position of colonialism. The peoples of North Africa, both those who have already achieved national liberation and those who are fighting for it, have taken their destiny into their own hands. There is no way of stopping this great process of national resurgence.