Situation in the Middle East
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly debate on 23 and 24 September 1970 (17th and 18th Sittings) (see Doc. 2822, report of the Political Affairs Committee). Text adopted by the Assembly on 24 September 1970 (18th Sitting).
The Assembly,
1. Recalling its
Resolution 446, on the situation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East ;
2. Gravely concerned about the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East ;
3. Condemning the aggression committed by certain Palestinian terrorist organisations and the Syrian intervention in Jordan ;
4. Urging all States to do their utmost to help the victims of the civil war in Jordan ;
5. Also condemning the récent strengthening of the Egyptian-Soviet missile force in the Suez Canal area, which constitutes a serious violation of the cease-fire agreed upon last July,
6. Calls upon all parties concerned, and especially on the great powers, to do their utmost to prevent a further escalation of violence in the Middle East ;
7. Appeals to the Arab States and Israel to start rapidly -on the basis of the United Nations Security Council Resolution of November 1967-negotiations which should lead to a peace settlement enabling Israel and the Arab States to live within secure and recognised borders, and providing for an equitable solution to the problems of the Palestinian populations.
