UN General Assembly
1958

No one can be satisfied by the symbolic gesture of the withdrawal of a few units, which has been represented to us here as an alleged proof of goodwill. The publicizing of such symbolic gestures may improve the position of certain political leaders of the United States, when the pressure of public opinion becomes too strong, but it can in no way change the facts. The facts are that foreign troops are still in Lebanon and Jordan, that they are in no hurry to leave and that their presence there is appreciably aggravating the situation in those countries.