UN General Assembly
1965

182. For this, it will obviously be necessary to set up a highly flexible system which will be adaptable to circumstances. For example, with regard to Argentina, the first steps towards a settlement of its dispute with the United Kingdom over the Malvinas (Falkland Islands) are being taken in the Committee of Twenty-Four. 183. Sovereignty should have less to fear from law than from force, from the international community than from international disorder, particularly in a society where there is an individualistic distribution of power. How then can a settlement with the strong be reached? Peaceful settlement is not only a means of protecting the weak, it is also a practical means of placing on an equal footing nations that are unequal in power.