UN General Assembly
1982

self-determination and the right to expression of free will. When we speak of Israeli aggression, we do net describe it merely as aggression against a secure people settled in its own homeland, or as usurpation of that people's territory and property, or as disregard for all human ideals, or as a flagrant violation of and challenge to the resolutions of the Organization. We describe it as aggression against the Charter of the United Nations and all the ethical and humanitarian principles enshrined therein. 133. I do not wish to go into the history of the Palestinian question, which stretches back over 34 years. We in Saudi Arabia consider this our primary cause, but it has rightly become the cause of the whole world. It has absorbed more of the efforts of the Organization than any other issue. Despite recognition by most of the countries and peoples of the world of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including its right to self-determination and to the establishment of an independent State on its own territory, and