UN General Assembly
1966

112. The United States Government is, of course, aware of the fact that its policy is encountering — as it cannot fail to do — general reprobation and condemnation. That is why it is attempting to accompany its military actions in Viet-Nam with a moral defence of its aggressive policy, so as to conceal its open aggression under the cloak of peaceful declarations. The only purpose of these declarations is to divert the attention and lessen the indignation provoked by the war which the United States is carrying on in Viet-Nam. 113. It is in this spirit that we must examine the speech made by the United States representative at this session [1412th meeting]. Some representatives may have hoped that the United States Government would announce realistic and sincere proposals for stopping the aggression in Viet-Nam, but alas, no element in the speech indicates any possibility of solving the Viet-Namese problem by peaceful and just means.