UN General Assembly
1956

108. This is a grave problem, and a grave challenge to the concept of the role of the big Powers in the United Nations, notably in the Security Council. Certainly, the concept on which the Charter was based has been shaken to its very foundation, and has now become a farce. However, if this crisis of the big Powers puts an end, once and for all, to the validity of war as an instrument of national policy, then it may yet be a good omen for peace. If tins crisis is, in essence, the crisis of power domination, then there exists the possibility that a new relationship for peace and harmony among nations may emerge out of it. Big Powers may be here to stay, but their role is being challenged by the new tide in international life.