UN General Assembly
1968

138. It was unquestionably in order to promote peace that, pending an agreement on the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons tests, some of us signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [resolution 2373 (XXII), annex] which, we were assured, was in itself a decisive step towards disarmament. 139. It was unquestionably to promote peace, too, that one year later we saw fit to ratify the Treaty on the Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the moon and other Celestial Bodies [resolution 2222 (XXI), annex], because of the beneficial results which we were told would flow from it. 140. It was unquestionably to promote the maintenance of peace that the Security Council has likewise adopted resolutions from time to time, notably resolution 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, the full implementation of which we had hoped would reduce within a reasonable time the tensions prevailing in certain areas, more particularly in the Middle East, where a peace that is honourable to the parties concerned is essential.