of the Middle East, to make a reappraisal of the facts and an evaluation of the efforts that have been made and, finally, to define a new approach and prepare the means to be put into operation in order to try to reach a satisfactory solution. I say this to show how important we feel the debate is upon which we have just embarked here and how appreciative we are of the courtesy of the Council, which has been good enough to allow us, my colleagues and me, in pursuance of the mandates we have been given not by our respective countries but rather by the Tenth Assembly of I-Lads of State and Government of OAU to participate In the debate and to make the view of Africa known. 54.. I should like, Mr. President, to express my satisfaction at seeing these debates take place under your guidance. The ties of friendship and esteem which have long existed between us and the relations of fruitful co-operation which are developing so harmoniously between your great country and mine are not the only reasons that we feel this satisfaction. It is also based cm the great talents that we have come to appreciate in you, as we have come to know you, and on the long experience that you have had with international problems and, in particular, with the problem with which we are dealing today. We are convinced that under your presidency this series of meetings devoted to one of the most delicate and most burning problems of the world today will take place at a level to ensure what all of us expect of the Security Council. 55. For more than 2.5 years the policy of various United Nations bodies has been devoted strenuously to divesting the 
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