UN General Assembly
1962

72. It is the image of our world, it is the reflection of our qualities as well as of our weaknesses. But it is also, and above all, the only international body capable, above the antagonisms which rend the globe, of bringing the peoples together and uniting their efforts and aspirations for a more equitable, freer and less threatened world. 73. Because it has a universal mission, it cannot become the instrument of any one policy or tendency. It is doubtless easy to decry it when it ceases to be in line with certain specific plans. But that would be a dangerous game to play, for our Organization remains the only barrier that holds mankind back at the edge of the abyss, the only hope of peace in a troubled world.