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Originally Posted by halla";p="
It is only reasonable that readers of 242 defer to the authors of 242 and not passing political vagaries.
indeed Link Dumping to bury not only what was written but what the authors of what was written said the intent of what was written is the recourse of beggared argument.
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Not quite it followed a debate where points were raised.
The representative for India stated to the Security Council:-
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"It is our understanding that the draft resolution, if approved by the Council, will commit it to the application of the principle of total withdrawal of Israel forces from all the territories - I repeat, all the territories - occupied by Israel as a result of the conflict which began on 5 June 1967."
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http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/db942872b9eae454852560f6005a76fb/9f5f09a80bb6878b0525672300565063!OpenDocument
And all the 242 says is:-
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The Security Council,
Expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the Middle East.
Emphasising the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every state in the area can live in security,
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http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/RESOLUT...df?OpenElement
The First World War led to the rise of self-determination and to calls for the prohibition of war, prompted the reconstruction of international law and the consequent abolition of "title by conquest." Modern law has been used as a means of discouraging war by denying the title to the conqueror.
The thing with GA resolutions is you are supposed to read the whole resolution and not just one word.