UN General Assembly
1958

121. As I have said, although no international force as stipulated by the Charter has been developed, the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force in 1956 contributed a great deal to the maintenance of tranquillity in the Middle East. The United Nations Emergency Force has been an instrument of restraint and practical value. In this connexion, my Government considers the studios being made by the Secretary-General on the feasibility of establishing a stand-by United Nations peace force to be of great interest and to deserve the utmost consideration by the General Assembly. 122. An examination of recent history and more particularly of the events of the past decade, however, will make it abundantly clear that direct armed aggression is not the only threat to the independence and territorial integrity of nations. Subversive activities, fomenting of civil strife and infiltration, all elements of indirect aggression, are equally as perilous, not only to the country which falls prey to them, but to world peace in general.