Prince Moulay HASSAN of Morocco at the UN – 1960
I should not like to review the many injustices that exist in the world
without speaking of an injustice which affects my country and affects
all the Arab States, for all these States are Arab and Moslem and are
hence linked by ties of brotherhood. I refer to the tragedy of the
Palestine refugees.
Not only as an Arab State closely linked to and at one with the Arab
countries of the Middle East, but also as a country loving justice and
profoundly attached to freedom, Morocco feels with special acuteness
the misery and hardship of the million Palestinians who have been
unjustly torn from their homes.
This is one of the great tragedies of the century, one of the most
monstrous errors that humanity has experienced. The United Nations
cannot remain indifferent to this situation, or accept as a “fait accompli”
the injustice committed by certain imperialist Powers for the purpose of
parceling up the Arab East, sowing division there, and creating in that
area an atmosphere favorable to their scheming and a breeding ground
for permanent unrest.