UN General Assembly
1969

launched by more than one country. We must prepare to meet the challenges which consequently must of necessity be presented outside the fields of science and technology. 47. Unfortunately, it does not appear to me that our efforts to secure and maintain international peace have matched our success in technological achievements. I share the view that the wide programmes for celestial conquests, together with the recent laudable achievement, further indicate the greater need for peace in this world and more concern for man’s welfare. We cannot afford to shift aimlessly from one crisis to another, merely hoping that it will not result in some disaster. It is both uncomfortable and very dangerous because recurrences of a series of crises of an unbridled nature may eventually place us in the unfortunate position where we may find ourselves unable. to prevent a final but disastrous plunge into an abyss which could bring us painful suffering, grim destruction and appalling calamity. The total commitment of the Liberian Government to universal peace, which involves the maintenance