UN General Assembly
1963

69. In that statement it is made clear that, while we recognize and support the General Assembly of the United Nations, there are certain facts which must also be recognized, in particular that the Organization is not a place for playing party politics or for peddling ideological conflicts. The United Nations was created as one of the instruments for disarmament and the maintenance of peace. After the First World War, as an effort towards the maintenance of world peace and disarmament, the League of Nations was created. Unfortunately, bad faith ruined that organization and then man learned bitter lessons by destroying so many millions of human beings in many countries. Another effort was made which resulted in the establishment of this Organization. This is a continuing process in the maintenance of world peace. One would have thought that man, having suffered so much, would think twice before trying to lead humanity to the abyss. That is why my Prime Minister made that statement on the very day when Nigeria was admitted to this Organization.