UN General Assembly
1957

146. Many other problems face the Assembly, but I shall do no more than mention a few of them. My Government continues to be disturbed by the absence of settlement and peace in the Middle East. Since the intensive interventions of the United Nations on the Middle East scene during the last session of the General Assembly, relative quiet and order have returned to the area around Israel. This in itself is a healthy development which should not be disturbed by renewed debates in the United Nations or renewed accusations. However, the political instability that still persists keeps the area open for political incitement or even penetration, from which in the end no one will profit. It is the earnest hope and desire of my Government that, step by step, the sources of unrest and agitation will be removed.