UN General Assembly
1960

12. As regards Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone, Panama's position has never varied. "The strip of land known as the Panama Canal Zone", as Mr. Ricardo J. Alfaro put it, "has been neither purchased nor conquered nor annexed by, now ceded nor rented to, the United States, nor has its sovereignty been transferred by Panama to the United States. This, incidentally, has been corroborated by distinguished United States citizens in official or private opinions and statements. Let me quote a few of them.