UN General Assembly
1955

5. President Eisenhower has been and still is one of those primarily responsible for bringing it about. We listen daily to the reports on his progress. On behalf of my delegation, I wish him a speedy recovery. 6. The smaller States have certainly also contributed to this result by their work in the United Nations. As the representative of a small State, I shall venture to give some account of the contribution made by the small States to the achievements of the Organization — not with any intention of self-praise, but rather in order to draw from it lessons for the future. 7. There is no denying the fact that we are living in an age when major questions are in the last resort settled by the great Powers. That is the precise reason for the importance of the United Nations to the smaller countries. Without this Organization, it might well be wondered what part the smaller States had to play.