UN General Assembly
1956

25. I will say in this context that my Government completely agrees with the Secretary-General’s interpretation of the task of the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt, which the General Assembly has sanctioned. Thus the task of this Force must not be to remain in Egypt to put political pressure on that country with the intention of bringing about a settlement of the Suez Canal issue. 26. May I be permitted to add that it has been of the greatest importance that the United States during the discussions on the Egyptian question so unequivocally and firmly based its stand on the United Nations Charter and so clearly defended its basic principles.