UN General Assembly
1974

219. We firmly believe that the law should strive to establish clear-cut and objective rules, avoid vague or ambiguous provisions, leave little room for arbitrary or unilateral action by States and thus prevent disputes which might arise in a legal vacuum. We shall continue in the next session or sessions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea to make our contribution in this spirit. 220. I now turn to one of the most difficult problems the Organization has ever faced that of the Middle East. Since the beginning of the conflict Greece has stated that this problem cannot be solved by force. Once more this position was vindicated by the October war. 221. Greece has had the opportunity to stress time and again the principle, repeatedly confirmed by Security Council resolutions, that acquisition of territory through military conquest is inadmissible. No war can solve political problems.