UN General Assembly
1953

3. These two issues before the Assembly, therefore, that of maintaining peace and that of the liberation and development of the less developed countries, are the two fundamentals of the present world situation. Indeed, they are the two phases of the reality of our day, and neither of them can be divorced from the other, because their relationship is vital. 4. Peace cannot be maintained amidst dangerous and explosive situations, nor can it be rendered durable without the genuine and active help of half the human race. Peace can be achieved only by eliminating the causes which generate strife and developing positive conditions of well-being. The prerequisites of peace and international co-operation have been made clear in the Charter as comprising the right of self-determination, the equality of nations big and small, equal protection to all, and the sustained promotion of political, social, economic and cultural development, especially in the under-developed areas.