UN General Assembly
1968

126. It is also timely to repeat that, just as Israel has the right to exist, so it does not have the right to occupy territories that do not belong to it. We sincerely believe that it is high time a lasting solution was reached to the Middle East problem, failing which there will continually be an obvious risk of armed confrontation between the antagonists and the great Powers. 127. What causes us the greatest anxiety is our conviction of the interest of the great Powers in that region and of their determination to make the Middle East problem their own. We can easily see the implications for world peace if we continue to provide the great Powers with opportunities to exercise their imperialism in that region. Israel must withdraw from the illegally occupied Arab territories. That is how that country can contribute to the restoration of peace in the Middle East. 128. Peace is what the world needs everywhere: in Africa, in the Middle East, in Viet-Nam, in Europe.