UN General Assembly
1952

76. We all have a vital interest in perpetuating the contacts established by the United Nations between worlds which at first sight appear to be mutually irreconcilable. It is true that these contacts have not as yet been very edifying. Too often, alas, they take the form of quarrels and disputes. They are sometimes the object of propaganda abuses and of verbal warfare. But, in spite of all this, these contacts are preferable to silent grudges and isolation. They enclose a human factor rich in hope. The United Nations today is, as it were, a bridge flung across the chasm separating the two worlds. We must not forget that that bridge is precariously balanced, and that on that “bridge of hope” man and his destiny stand.