UN General Assembly
1956

160. There must, however, be no document, no resolution, no agreement which goes further than the efforts of the United Nations in this regard. In other words, the United Nations must adopt as its own the successive advantages that are embodied in other instruments as the result of regional agreements guaranteeing human rights and individual liberties, for the United Nations must not forget that it is, first and foremost, the expression of an indomitable faith in the ability of men to live together. 161. In addition to the grave responsibility of creating, strengthening and diffusing an appreciation of the sacred and inviolable nature of human rights, the United Nations also has the task of ensuring that these rights can be exercised peacefully and of preventing any arbitrary and violent impulse from attacking this balanced and noble edifice.