UN General Assembly
1964

86. In the short period of fourteen months since the eighteenth session of this Assembly was convened, the high hopes we held for the future of world peace have not been realized. Since last we met here, solutions which we thought would be enduring have proved to be short-lived; old hostilities have been renewed, and where harmony had hitherto prevailed fighting has broken out afresh, posing new threats to international peace. As we gather for the opening of this session, we gather in a mood of grave concern, for we feel that the foundations of our Organization are trembling under us. Suddenly it appears that the very survival of the United Nations is seriously threatened.