UN General Assembly
1948

More than three years had elapsed since the end of the war, and it still could not be said that peace reigned on earth. There were still armed conflicts in various parts of the world. The use of force and violence in international relations had not disappeared. Aggression and invasion were still repeatedly taking place and countless human beings continued to be deprived of those guarantees and rights which were considered to be fundamental and inalienable. And above and beyond all other considerations, the nations which, confronted by a common enemy, had joined forces in the war, were no longer united by that frank spirit of understanding and agreement which had made victory possible. All that was happening concurrently with the existence and activity of the United Nations, an institution of which so much had been expected but in which the world’s confidence was beginning to be shaken.