UN General Assembly
1959

107. In appraising this emotional inner struggle, one would easily understand why the refugees sometimes think of marching peacefully to their homeland. The refugees right to return can never be weakened no matter how old the problem might be nor how long the years of exile might seem. The bitterness of the catastrophe shall be handed from father to son and the desire of repatriation shall always be cherished until it becomes a reality. 108. The United Nations, which reaffirmed this right of repatriation in its successive resolutions, must see to the implementation of these resolutions. It is to safeguard the prestige and authority of this Organization that the defiance of Israel should come to an end.