UN General Assembly
1966

25. I am thinking particular^ of Berlin, where an entire people is divided and families are separated. Today, as in the past, I must reaffirm that my country remains wedded to the right of people to self-determination. The Berlin problem and the problem of Germany in general cannot be settled by means of an imposed solution. Only a free consultation of the entire German people will make it possible to find the basis for an agreement that can put an end to the division, reunify the country and reconcile the two sections of the population. We are convinced that negotiation is the only valid means of settling conflicts. Here, too, as in the Israeli-Arab conflict, the problem of the Palestine refugees, the United Nations must put forth all its efforts in order to start among the parties concerned the dialogue from which general pacification and reconciliation will emerge.