UN General Assembly
1958

98. At the same time, I must express our appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Hammarskjold, for his continued dedicated efforts to carry out the purposes of the resolution. The Japanese delegation, together with other delegations, eagerly looks forward to the report which the Secretary-General is expected shortly to make to us. We earnestly hope that, through the efforts made by the Secretary-General, the way will be opened to ensure peace and stability in Lebanon and Jordan and thereby facilitate the withdrawal of United States and United Kingdom forces from these countries. Furthermore, there is need for long-term measures to establish peace and stability in the Middle East on a durable basis and, as I said at the recent emergency session, I hope that the Assembly, at its thirteenth session, will give its earnest attention to this point.