UN General Assembly
1973

161. That line of thinking leads us to examine briefly the problem created by the fact that the world is divided into developed countries and developing countries. Some-and rightly so-have called this a problem of the north and south of our planet. First of all, we should consider how the vast resources, both material and intellectual, which are today used in pursuit of the arms race, can rather be devoted to economic and technological support for the developing countries. We firmly believe that all efforts to establish and strengthen a lasting peace cannot succeed if the major portion of the people of our earth continues to live in conditions bordering on famine, poverty and misery.