UN General Assembly
1972

43. This year the Soviet Union celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its existence. This is one of the most significant anniversaries in modern history. We are glad that this event occurs at a time when the biggest Power of the other hemisphere has joined in working out the conditions of peaceful coexistence between the two thermonuclear Powers. 44. I have digressed from the Middle East question, but only apparently. It is not without reason that many see precisely in the problems of the Middle East region the danger of a new world war, a thermonuclear war. The further trend of the situation in the Middle East will largely depend on relations between the Soviet Union and the United States.