UN General Assembly
1971

23. This leads me to the policy of neutralization of South-East Asia which Malaysia has been advocating in the past year or so as the only possible and viable long-term solution to bring peace and stability to that region. It is in this context that I welcome the initiative if the Government of Ceylon in proposing that the India** Ocean area be declared a zone of peace [A/8492J. The United Nations should take action towards this objective while there is still time and before the military involvement of the major Powers in the area assumes significant proportions.