UN General Assembly
1972

62. Up to now, I have touched upon some important problems occupying the international scene. I have tried to draw f-s impartial a picture possible. But if I have cited both negative and positive factors with almost equal weight, this is not merely out of a concern for objectivity. The present situation in our world is indeed an extremely complex one, made up of quite contradictory elements. Yet, essentially, we seem to be facing two diverging paths, one leading to disaster and the other to hope. The only similarity which can be found in these two alternatives is that they are both of a cosmic dimension.