UN General Assembly
1967

29. The representative of the United States has told us here [1562nd meeting] that his country seeks a political solution by negotiation and has appealed to the States Members of the United Nations to use their influence to end the war by peaceful means. 30. On the Viet-Namese side we are told that negotiations could be started if the bombing of North Viet- Nam territory ceased unconditionally. 31. Does not this realization on both sides that a military solution is impossible, this desire which both share to agree to stop the fighting — since fighting is an act contrary to all morality, repugnant to the human conscience, and incidentally very costly — does it not create an opening which could lead both parties to the conference table?