UN General Assembly
1977

182. Article 6 of this Covenant calls for the expulsion of the vast majority of the Jewish population from our country. In article 15, it calls for the elimination of Zionism. In article 19, it calls in effect for the destruction of the State of Israel. In article 20, it makes the preposterous assertion that "the claim of historical or spiritual links between the Jews and Palestine is [not] in conformity with historical fact...". In article 21, it declares that "all alternatives to the total liberation of Palestine" are rejected-that is, any plan that falls short of the destruction of Israel. 183. There is not a sovereign State in this Organization that would negotiate with a body calling for its destruction. 184. Many delegations have proposed the establishment of a Palestinian State governed by the PLO on the West Bank and in Gaza. Again, this is but a futile exercise in wishful thinking, totally unacceptable to us, ignoring, as it does, the language of resolution 242 (1967) and the basic facts on the ground.