UN General Assembly
1947

In the face of the insecurity and violence which afflict so many parts of the' world today, it would be difficult to dissemble and most unwise to deceive ourselves. Men everywhere await with anxiety the balm of the peace that is still to be made. Peace, which in due course should have been the fruit of our common victory, continues to lie beyond our reach. What men feel today is something compounded of impatience and fear — impatience with the slow progress that has been achieved in promoting confidence and co-operation among nations, and fear of the final disaster that would attend the failure of our present efforts.