UN General Assembly
1962

55. This is a situation which deserves careful consideration by the General Assembly. The United Nations, which under its Charter has to work for disarmament, must clearly and courageously state its opinion on this lack of agreement. We cannot, without failing to fulfil our responsibilities toward future generations, shirk our fundamental mission on the pretext that we can accomplish nothing without the agreement of the two greatest Powers and that it remains difficult to bring them to a compromise with regard to the means. The welfare and security of mankind, and world peace and harmony, are objectives of such importance that they impose on all men the same moral responsibility, the same duty to work for the defence of peace with calm patience and inflexible courage.