UN General Assembly
1956

15. Today, after ten years of experience, our attitude to its defects has not changed, but we feel in duty bound to recognize before world public opinion that the Organization has maintained peace in difficult circumstances, by taking successful action against aggression, as in the case of Korea; by criticizing with laudable firmness the use of force in contravention of the rules of the United Nations, as in the case of Egypt, where it has achieved a cease-fire and the cessation of hostilities; and by condemning in appropriate terms the tragic foreign attack on the independence of a nation, as in the case of Hungary. Thus, although fully aware of its imperfections, we continue to support the United Nations and we wish to assert categorically that we see no cause for discouragement and still place our hopes in the Organization. 16. I should now like to comment on several basic aspects of the Charter, namely, the veto privilege, the duty of States to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, and other matters of vital importance for the United Nations.