UN General Assembly
1947

Finally, we must strive for all the States Members of the United Nations to give up a little more of their sovereignty by accepting arbitration as a compulsory method of settling disputes, whatever their magnitude. We believe that we have preached by example, for this peace-loving attitude has always been the policy of Argentina in international affairs. With the object of promoting the implementation of this programme, we must encourage humanity’s spiritual disarmament. A concerted effort by the men, women and children of all nations, especially the women and children, can banish the ideas, words and acts of the victims of an aggressive psychosis, which is a real disease and one that we must fight until it disappears. Let us not forget furthermore that man is on a higher plane than the systems he has created, and that those systems should be made to serve him. To promote aggression or to unleash war in defence of certain systems is an outrage against humanity and in present circumstances is liable to lead to its destruction.