UN General Assembly
1955

46. The Paraguayan delegation hopes that the so-called spirit of Geneva will spur on the great Powers at this session to end the cold war, which flares up sporadically in an orgy of bloodshed, and slowly but surely, without regard to cordial smiles or sullen, menacing gestures, to remove the injustices to nations which perpetuate the war atmosphere, as well as the threats and fears which cause mistrust among nations. 47. The Paraguayan delegation places its faith and hope, not so much in the fear of a suicidal atomic war, as a factor for peace, as in the determination of the free peoples and the will of their truly representative leaders to respect the right of nations to self-determination. This implies, in theory and practice, the elimination and condemnation of the foreign intervention which now oppresses peoples who formerly prided themselves on their freedom and independence.