UN General Assembly
1961

66. Can we solve the problem of Germany without allaying these fears ? Can it be solved with assuring the neighbouring States that what has happened in the past will not happen again? Can there be a permanent solution without going into those matters? Can the big Powers that are rivals in that area be the people who can solve that problem, without taking into consideration those who may be less involved and can see the matter more objectively? That is the question one would like to put to these big Powers. We have found that, without the intervention of the United Nations, there would have been a conflagration in the Congo which would have led to a third world war if the big Powers had been allowed to continue their struggle there.