UN General Assembly
1971

23. The examples of Israel's scorn for the resolutions of the United Nations, which are governed by the principles of the Charter, as well as for the most elementary rules of international law and international morality, are unfortunately only too numerous. This attitude of a lack of respect has been adopted by Israel, stubbornly and unvaryingly, for 25 years. The facts and the evidence showing this to be true are incontestable. I shall not go into the background of this sombre affair before this Assembly, which is fully aware of it. However, it is important for us to note that the situation in the Middle East has become so serious that we might even legitimately consider that Israel's attitude, which brought it about, is one of the basic causes for the crisis which our Organization is presently going through.