UN General Assembly
1960

Undoubtedly all of us who are meeting in this hall realize the importance of this session of the General Assembly. On the initiative of the Soviet Union, many countries have decided to send their top representatives to attend this session. The Government of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic has lent its full support to the idea of participation of the Heads of States or Chiefs of Governments in this session. 12. We have come because the nations urge the acceptance of truly efficient measures for the safeguarding of peace and peaceful coexistence. To contribute effectively to the ensuring of peaceful cooperation among nations is the basic task of the United Nations. In order to fulfil successfully this task it is necessary now more than ever to approach the discussions with an extraordinary seriousness and to reject emphatically any attempts which are contrary to peaceful understanding.