UN General Assembly
1967

160. As early as 1948 the Arab people of Yemen took arms against a despotic rule. They were the first with the United Arab Republic to initiate practical steps in the reunification of the Arab homeland since its dissection by former Arab allies immediately after the First World War. The Coordination Treaty and later the Joint Defence Treaty between the United Arab Republic and the Yemen Arab Republic after the September 1962 Yemen revolution further strengthened the loose pre-revolution union. Such steps are a true manifestation of Arab aspirations towards eventual reunification. The deep Yemeni conviction of total Arab unity is based on the fact that Arabs can no longer maintain their homeland in security for future generations while they remain divided.