UN General Assembly
1961

12, There is no longer any difference, any basic difference, between peace and war. Peace is distinguishable from war only by the means employed. This definition, like the first, corresponds to a certain attitude towards the problem of relationships between the Powers, but in this case it is not a question of seeking to maintain a status quo, of defending acquired positions, but of extending ideological, political and economic influence. 13, Although these two conceptions characterize different attitudes, they are not fundamentally apart in their results. Whether it is a case of defending acquired positions or of trying to acquire new positions, the result is the same in the presence of the danger threatening us: fear and mistrust establish a policy of war, even though the word "peace" is on everyone's lips. This is reflected in the armaments race and the proliferation of military pacts and alliances. The number of military pacts that have been signed in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and every other part of the world since the end of the Second World War is impressive.