UN General Assembly
1969

Council resolution [242 (1967)] of November 1967 has just defined the bases for a settlement which could put an end to the Israel-Arab crisis. 130. Those bases lay down a framework which we must never tire of repeating: respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States; unconditional rejection of the annexation by force of the territory of one State by another, and hence the withdrawal of the Israeli armed forces from the occupied Arab territories; a just solution of the Palestinian problem; and freedom of navigation on the international waterways of the region. 131. The Arab States have bowed to the authority of the Security Council of the United Nations. We must ask Israel to respect international law. There is no other way to guarantee to all a just and durable peace. 132. Recent events in Jerusalem and the criminal arson of which we age all aware have brutally reminded the world that to safeguard and protect the Holy Places the status conferred by 13 centuries of history on the Holy City of Jerusalem must be respected.