UN General Assembly
1971

171, It is regrettably true that the United Nations, because of intimidation and pressure by certain major Powers, played a part in the consolidation of this colonial fact by adopting a resolution which disregarded the will of the people of Palestine and was detrimental to the right of peoples to self-determination, as laid down in Chapter XII of the Charter. 172, Furthermore, the right of the Palestinians to self- determination was once again disregarded when the Zionist State was admitted to membership in this Organization in May 1949. Since the creation of the Zionist State in the midst of the Arab world by terror and force, numerous resolutions have been adopted by the United Nations asserting the rights of the Palestinian people.