UN General Assembly
1962

58. Since we met here last year, the international situation has shown some encouraging features — for instance, the agreements on Algeria and Laos. But at the same time it is a regrettable fact and a source of concern that the Berlin situation is still tense. An arrangement which could eliminate the tensions surrounding the Berlin issue and which, at the same time, could safeguard the freedom and security of, as well as free access to, West Berlin would help materially to improve the international climate. This would also pave the way for positive results from the disarmament negotiations. The idea of assigning a role to the United Nations by moving some United Nations organ to Berlin should enter into the deliberations.