UN General Assembly
1958

7. We live in a world in which the only alternative to peaceful coexistence has been non-existence. Call it by any name you like: call it the practice of tolerance and living together in peace with one another as good neighbours, or call it peaceful coexistence, the peace and prosperity of the world will largely depend on how well the nations practice this principle in international conduct and life. There is nothing new about this principle itself. It is contained in the United Nations Charter, as we have seen, and long before that it inspired the Kellogg-Briand Pact. The Bandung Conference of 1955 reaffirmed it as an important principle of international conduct. His Majesty's Government in Nepal has always abided by the five principles of the Pancha Shila in dealing with other countries. The Pancha Shila — or the Five Principles — form the basis of our treaty with the People's Republic of China, and recently, the joint communique issued by His Majesty the King of Nepal and the Chairman of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Mr.Voroshilov, emphasizing these Five Principles, expressed the conviction that "war should be renounced as an instrument of State policy,” and reaffirmed the “desire for the universal peace and friendship which are so essential for the progress and prosperity of humanity”.