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    "ocrText": "The United Nations Conference\non International Organization\nDoc. 2 (English)\nG/14(c)\nMay 2, 1945\nGENERAL\nLEBANON'S SUGGESTIONS ON THE DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS WHICH\nWILL BE SUBMITTED FOR DISCUSSION IN THE UNITED NATIONS\nCONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO BE HELD\nIN SAN FRANCISCO ON APRIL 25, 1945\n(1) Lebanon wishes to express its gratitude to the\nGreat Powers extending invitations to the United Nations\nConference on International Organization at San Francisco\nfor their just invitation of Lebanon to that Conference.\nLebanon, as one of the United Nations, appreciates and shares\nfully the high motives which prompted them to hold this Con-\nference. There is presented to the peace-loving nations of\nthe world a unique historic opportunity for organizing the\npeace which, considering the grave issues at stake, certainly\nno one can afford to miss. Lebanon is completely ready to do\nits part in the maintenance of international peace and security\non the basis of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, which are in-\nspired by the principles of justice and the sovereign\nequality of all peace-loving states.\n(2) The mcintenance of international peace and security\nis certainly a worthy purpose of the United Nations. No\nprice is too high for achieving this end. But it will be\nnoticed that in themselves peace and security are merely\nformal, privative, and static. It is patent that certain\noutwardly peaceful and secure situations do not spring from\ngenuine justice, and therefore are not worth maintaining.\nUnless then the positive content of peace is determined on\nE foundation of real justice, there will be no real peace.\nAccordingly, the United Nations in their Conference at\nSan Francisco must devote some time to the determination of\na dynamic and positive conception of civilized existence\nwhich will justify the Organization they will set up. The\npeace which man believes in and will spontaneously rise up\nto defend is only that which is grounded in his ultimate\nrights and freedoms, and in the reality of justice.\n247\n-1- -"
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