UN General Assembly
1963

9. Although this Treaty leaves intact the nuclear arsenal owned by a very few Powers, we can see that it reflects a trend towards general detente, and possibly towards the end of the cold war, that source of unrest and evil. Hence our optimism and our hope for peaceful coexistence. But such coexistence must not remain a mere catchword for use by the strong or for employment in a policy of domination. It must be made a reality, by specific action. There can be no coexistence without mutual respect for the integrity and sovereignty of States, without genuine renunciation of policies of interference, without straightforward co-operation. 10. As the representative of a small country, I wish to reaffirm here our faith in the United Nations. Weak though it may be, the United Nations remains the repository of mankind's ideals. It is not merely the forum for the exchange of views which often seem to be irreconcilable; it is, amid drama and paradox, the vehicle of that collective moral force which has hitherto succeeded in mastering uncontrolled influences and anarchical excesses.