UN General Assembly
1951

90. Another factor in the existing situation — and this is our second remark — is the failure of certain Powers always to respect the political and economic independence of other countries. They have interfered in the internal affairs of these countries, in spite of the explicit provisions of the Charter which recognize the domestic jurisdiction of every State. These Powers have sometimes not shrunk from measures threatening the territorial integrity and political independence of other States. Such activities are absolutely unjustifiable and undoubtedly contrary to the spirit and letter of the Charter.