Jarring. The mission came to the conclusion that the success of renewed negotiations could be regarded as assured, if the practical application of the concept of secure and recognized boundaries did not oblige Egypt to alienate part of its national territory and that it was necessary to obtain Israel’s agreement to the putting into effect (without territorial annexation) of arrangements offering sufficient guarantees to ensure its security.” 109. We know that Israel, using dilatory manoeuvres, refused to take a positive and unequivocal stand. The same is true concerning the request made to it to follow up on the aide memoire of 8 February 1971 from the United Nations Mediator /S/l0403 of 30November 1971, annex 11. That aide mdmoire received the unanimous support of the four permanent members of the Security Council: France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States. 110. In ,view of our great concern over the alarming situation prevailing in the Middle East, a situation which is a serious threat to the independence, security and unity of the African continent, and in accordance with resolution 242 (1967), we support Egypt and other Arab countries occupied by Israel in their legitimate struggle to recover the entirety of their territory. We set up the committee made up of IO heads of State which I just mentioned to help find a solution to the problem and to contribute to the safeguarding of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people in accordance with the responsibilities arising from the fundamental principles of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations. The heads of African States met at Addis Ababa and agreed to continue to support Egypt and other occupied Arab countries until their entire territory, which was occupied in June 1967, was liberated, 
**Analysis**
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