GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS PALESTINE NATIONAL COÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµCIL MEETING HAS PROVIDED GREATER OPPORTÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµITY FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Dante H. Caputo (Argentina):
Today there is a greater opportunity than ever before to achieve a just and lasting peace in a war-torn region.
Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 provide the necessary instructions for attaining a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, maintaining as a fundamental premise the rights of the Palestinian people to determine their own destiny.
The results of the recent meeting of the Palestine National Council should serve as a point of departure for the quest for the ideals of harmony and brotherhood to which the Palestinian people are entitled.
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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: General Assembly
Subject: Armed conflict, Incidents, Intifadah I
Publication Date: 16/11/1988