UN General Assembly
1967

7. In addressing ourselves to the United Nations yet again in the case of the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands, we are appealing to the principles of justice and equity which must be upheld by the United Nations, The Israeli aggression and occupation is a test of the will of the United Nations to repudiate the thesis that it is powerless to restore the rule of law. The Foreign Minister of Israel, however, rejects this role of the United Nations. Speaking before this Assembly on 25 September, he said: "The fact that the United Nations was unable to prevent the war has a direct bearing on the question of its capacity and title to impose a peace. The interests of the parties and of the Organization itself require that United Nations action must be realistically adapted to United Nations capacities." [1566th meeting, para. 146.]