UN General Assembly
1965

52. We are all celebrating International Co-operation Year. Our goal was to educate our people, particularly those of tender school age, in understanding the aims and values of this Organization as well as its achievements and shortcomings over the past two decades. We sought to stress what international co-operation means and how it should work among nations in order that we might improve our world. 53. It was just over twenty years ago that World War II, the most devastating war in history, ended with the use of nuclear weapons. After all the destruction of life and property, hopes were raised by the creation of the United Nations. It was felt that this Organization would maintain international peace and security and that man’s efforts would be directed toward more wholesome pursuits such as the development of human and natural resources, social progress, justice and a better life for all. Thus the Preamble to our Charter reflected a great ideal.