UN General Assembly
1951

175. Speaking today from this rostrum, Mr. Eden failed to mention the concrete proposals made by the Soviet Union. He has, nevertheless, had sufficient time to study them thoroughly. We understand the reason for his silence. It is, however, surprising that the representative of the United Kingdom, a country which is bent beneath the burden of armaments, should have been one of the authors of the proposal recommending a plan which means the continuation and growth of rearmament. 176. On behalf of the Government and people of Poland, I should like here to support without reservation a peace programme as thus conceived. For us Poles the word peace is not an empty expression. The struggle for the maintenance of peace is one of the essential principles of our country’s foreign policy. We believe in the possibility of the co-existence and co-operation of countries with different political systems. Peace and co-operation exclude methods involving pressure, discrimination and interference in the internal affairs of other countries.