UN General Assembly
1978

190. The second fact is that the role of the Arab deterrent forces has to be reassessed and redefined. This fact, which emerges from the events taking place in Lebanon is what prompted the President of the Lebanese Republic to go to Damascus and the capitals of the Arab States directly concerned. We all hope that his visit will culminate in a conference of Foreign Ministers, to be convened m .Lebanon next Sunday, that will seek to find a satisfactory solution. 191. Such a solution has been the subject of a number of dramatic speeches made from this rostrum and in other important bodies. Many of Lebanon's friends have studied, in consultation with its projects and initiatives which will, we all hope, lead to what President Sarkis has called a "new security plan", which he already outline in his messages to the Lebanese people on 23 September and then on 2 October.