UN General Assembly
1953

146. The Korean war, to which this Assembly has devoted so much of its time, has happily been brought to a close, at least for the time being. The United Nations has laid down the principles on the basis of which a final solution of this problem may be reached and a just and permanent peace established in that unfortunate country, now ravaged and laid waste by the war. The discussion of the peace in Korea offers the communist leaders a new opportunity to make good their statements that they really want peace in the Far East, an end to the cold war and a final settlement of their difficulties with the Western nations. The peoples of the world look with hope and anguish towards a final peace settlement in Korea. If good faith and good will are shown in solving the Korean problem, it may be possible to find a satisfactory solution for other burning questions, such as those of the war in Indo-China and the treaties of peace with Germany and Austria.