UN General Assembly
1972

2. As you take up the reins of this supreme international body, new areas of tension in the world are emerging. Older and sadly familiar areas reveal no change for the better and some are flaring up again; but a few, just a very few areas, troubled of old, are showing signs of real reconciliation and understanding. The very geographical limits which once contained the strife and tension have become diffused so that the effects of disharmony can now be felt instantly, tragically, irrationally and by innocents half a world away from its source. Global involvement is manifest, and the global representation at this Assembly should see this development in its true and fullest sense. i