UN General Assembly
1988

role of the United Nations in the settlement of regional problems, it is necessary to emphasize once again that that role emanates from one of the fundamental principles of its Charter, namely, the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes. This principle is one of the most firmly established methods for the establishment of peace. The extent of commitment to this principle reflects the level of international maturity in the practice and organization of relations between States through breaking stalemates and seeking solutions to such disputes. In this regard I wish to refer particularly to the agreement between Egypt and Israel on 11 September 1986 to resort to international obligatory arbitration in order to resolve the dispute that came up regarding some international boundary posts between Egypt and Palestine - under the Mandate - in what came to be known as the Taba problem.. The two par ties had agreed on the terms of arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Charter, in particular Article 33, which