UN General Assembly
1954

35. In spite of the existence of the United Nations, the United Kingdom participates in numerous agreements and organizations. Some of them, like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the South-East Asian Treaty Organization have clearly aggressive purposes and run counter to the United Nations Charter, particularly to Articles 33 and 51, which the United Kingdom representative quoted. On the other hand, the European treaty of collective security is in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and contributes directly to the achievement of its aims. It is incorrect to maintain that this treaty maintains the division of Germany. On the contrary, it provides ample possibilities for the unification of Germany, and even for the immediate participation of the German people in the efforts of the European peoples to ensure their mutual security. Within the framework of this treaty, Germany would be sovereign. The Bonn agreements and the decisions taken at the London Conference actually deprive Western Germany, for decades to come, of its right to independence and a foreign policy of its own.