UN General Assembly
1953

59. What part are we of the small nations to play in this debate between the great Powers? Why do we take part in it if we lack the military and economic resources which constitute strength and power, and which are frequently used for human destruction? What, then, is the purpose of our participation, if we are not able to effect the slightest alteration in the policies of the statesmen who are at the head of the great Powers? Shall we not perhaps be a dead weight at this time when all the material and immaterial factors which restrain the free play of instincts and passions, economies and philosophies, interests and ambitions are being thrown overboard?