UN General Assembly
1965

9. The Committee was also able to reach agreement on some of the questions confronting it and to find a proper solution to our immediate problems, thanks to the dedication of its members to the cause of the United Nations and certainly thanks to the co-operation of all Member States and their devotion to the cause of peace. I would mention in particular the permanent members of the Security Council. Realizing that the Organization had a leading role to play in a world anxious that the United Nations should possess the vitality to meet new needs and live up to its calling, they say that the survival of our civilization is infinitely more important than narrow considerations of national prestige and that the strengthening of the Organization is the best protection against any danger of a collapse of international ethics or disintegration of the order which we wish to make universal. They were thus able to transcend their differences and overcome their prejudices for the good of the United Nations.