UN General Assembly
1956

158. I began my statement by expressing our satisfaction at the admission to the United Nations of many new Member States, which will no doubt bring with them a most valuable stock of ideas that will be constructive and also beneficial to the international community. We also express the earnest hope that soon, and very soon, the United Nations will be able to benefit from the enlightened contribution of the delegations from two countries which have a high cultural standing and an exemplary capacity for work and are contributing intensively to the moral and economic guidance of the world: I refer to Germany and Japan, countries where freedom now flourishes and men work in peace. The United Nations will feel greatly invigorated once these countries make their voices heard in this Assembly.