UN General Assembly
1962

90. The situation which has arisen in the world may be assessed in different ways, just as there can be different approaches to appraising the actions of various forces and States on the international scene. However, the essential criterion of such assessment, the real test of the objectives of their policy and their actions, is the attainment of the social development of all mankind and its salvation from nuclear war. From that point of view the socialist States, which include the Ukraine, represent "a shield which reliably defends the cause of world progress".