UN General Assembly
1963

128. Lastly, I should like to say that the spirit of "détente" should not be limited to relations between the NATO countries and those of the Warsaw Pact, between communist and non-communist countries. A policy which is good for Europe is also good for the rest of the world; and if, after having so often given the world cause for concern and apprehension, Europe today adopts the course of wisdom, other continents should follow this good example. We must emphatically reaffirm that this policy of "détente" is a normal and natural application of the principles of the United Nations Charter, according to which all conflicts can and must be resolved by peaceful means, and that these are the principles we wish applied throughout the entire world. I should like to see all vestiges of the cold war disappear from the speeches made here. I should like to see what applies in Europe apply, in particular, in the case of the Middle East where the most injurious language of the worst moments of the cold war appears still to be fashionable.