UN General Assembly
1950

65. Meanwhile, out of the free impulse of public opinion and the strong will of European parliaments, a Council of Europe was formed at Strasbourg. The discussions there have clearly demonstrated that European co-operation is not only a concern of governments and experts but is rooted in a strong, popular sentiment. 66. We have not yet reached any spectacular overall solution in European integration, and' many difficulties are still ahead. It is sometimes hard for one who, like myself, experiences the daily difficulties and inevitable disappointments at close range, to watch the results of our work from the academic distance of a historian. Sometimes it seems that there is more failure than success. But looking back over a couple of years one must admit that, notwithstanding disappointments, this new conception of interdependence is progressing with great strides.