UN General Assembly
1968

146. Nothing can be further from reality than to represent the escalation of military activities against Viet-Nam as efforts for the cause of peace and the struggle of the Viet-Namese people for independence — a struggle imposed upon them by aggression — as an indication of alleged, unyielding bellicosity. We have said more than once, from this rostrum and elsewhere, that such an approach cannot be conducive to peace. The Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam has repeatedly and emphatically voiced its readiness for a peaceful solution of the conflict and has proved it by agreeing, without prior conditions, to the opening of the Paris talks. One should not, however, confuse peaceful settlement with capitulation, just as one should not confuse the victim of aggression with the perpetrators of aggression.