UN General Assembly
1958

But when a civil conflict develops in such a way that other nations become directly involved or threaten to Intervene and the international peace is in danger, the United Nations must be concerned. There is room then in such cases for the exorcise of good offices, for efforts of mediation and conciliation and perhaps indeed, with the consent of the countries concerned, for the establishment on their territories of some United Nations force or body as a safeguard for the international peace and to preserve the integrity of a nation from outside aggression. I emphasize that this must be with the consent of the countries concerned, because the Soviet representative has attempted to distort the intentions which have been expressed. My country would not be a party to an effort to impose any kind of international police force on the countries of the Middle East or elsewhere. We think the widespread use of the term "international police force" in this connexion is perhaps unfortunate. The role of the United Nations is to assist Member States to find peace.