UN General Assembly
1952

14, Though the response to this clear call to duty has not been as great as it ought to have been, nevertheless it is reassuring that some Members — and I am proud to think that New Zealand is one of them — have demonstrated that they are prepared to fulfil the obligations into which they have solemnly Entered and that they are determined to see, and to let others see, that a breach of world peace cannot be committed with impunity. And so I repeat that the United Nations action in Korea has not been a failure. No one, of course, would deny that we have not as yet accomplished all that needs to be done. Our task is not yet finished, and we intend to stay in Korea until our objective has been achieved. That objective, I emphasize, is to bring about a cessation of hostilities and to establish something approaching a settled order in the country — nothing less, nothing more.