UN General Assembly
1967

2. May I also point out that the raison d'être of the United Nations is no other than peace. It was established for the purpose of saving mankind from the scourge of war and its Members resolved to combine their efforts to that end on the basis of the principles of mutual respect and of justice. Our peoples thought that this generation must live in a world of peace and security through the work of the United Nations and the co-operation of all States in the common purposes set forth in the Charter. We accordingly set up machinery for action for the preservation of international peace and security, and the States reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the equality of nations, in the principles of justice and law and in the firm determination to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedoms.