UN General Assembly
1972

254. We shall therefore oppose and we call upon all delegations of Africa and all countries that love justice and peace to oppose what would be a mockery of justice. 255. But how can I conclude without saying a word about this problem which the Secretary-General has proposed for inclusion in our agenda [A/8791 and Add.l], the definition of which is so delicate in nature that it threatens to stir up our jurists just as much as the concept of aggression has stirred them. Of course I am referring to the question of terrorism. 256. May I be permitted to state that my Government is surprised that a problem which if not as old as the world itself is at least much older than the United Nations should be brought to our attention only as the result of the attacks which have just cast a pall over the Olympic games at Munich, attacks which we deplore.