UN General Assembly
1952

124. There are only two alternatives before mankind today — to learn or to perish. We must either learn the moral, social and political values required for our age, or we shall all perish. Our primitive heritage does not pay us anymore. It does not lead to survival. It leads to total destruction. We must outgrow it. In his assent to the human level, man always had the advantage of using his intelligence and ability to learn. Prophets, religious leaders, philosophers, great political thinkers, teachers of ethics and morality all taught the rules of communal living. But have we learned these rules?