UN General Assembly
1980

19. The Middle East problem continues to be a grave threat to international peace and security. No durable peace in the area is possible without due recognition of the right of the Palestinians to a homeland and the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization [PLO] in any negotiations affecting their future. We gladly welcome, in this context, the decision of the European Community that the PLO be associated with such negotiations. We regard that encouraging decision as an important step forward in the search for a just and durable peace in the Middle East. We commend that initiative and call upon the international community to make every effort to build upon it. 20. My delegation calls on the Assembly, therefore, to reaffirm its desire for peace in the Middle East, to demand the total withdrawal of Israel from all occupied Arab territories and to adopt immediate measures aimed at protecting and preserving the international character of Jerusalem.