UN General Assembly
1963

91. The basic theme of this Assembly is that the real alternative to war is peace, and the only road to peace is negotiation. In the Middle East as well, no other view would be compatible with the Charter, with the relevant United Nations resolutions, with the sovereignty of the States concerned, or with present-day realities. The application of United Nations principles must be universal. Israel, whose right to peace and security is not less than that of any other Member State, has repeatedly stressed, and continues to believe, that there are no outstanding differences between it and its Arab neighbours, including the refugee problem, that cannot be solved through direct negotiations. 92. We have been heartened by the growing volume of opinion expressed in the present and past debates, and in United Nations resolutions, that Israel and the Arab States should reconcile their differences at the conference table. The annual repetition of violent public polemics has become a sorry and sterile routine.