UN General Assembly
1972

16. With reference to the Middle East, there has been an incessant eruption of violence and reprisal, as all of us have observed in the recent series of tragic events. Japan took an active part from the outset in the formulation of Security Council resolution 242(1967) and has ever since been exerting its maximum efforts, within and .outside the Security Council, so that the States concerned may as promptly as possible establish a lasting peace through a spirit of self-restraint and accommodation. We ardently hope that the United Nations will continue to tackle this question in a most positive manner.