UN General Assembly
1956

107. If we look hard at the present crisis — the outbursts in the Middle East and in Hungary — we can also see that the prestige of the United Nations is here very much at stake. At least to my mind, it is obvious that what we are facing here is a crisis of big Powers. Big Powers, which under the Charter have been given the primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security, have by their use of naked force now challenged the Charter and the peace and security of nations in such an outrageous manner that it becomes questionable whether these Powers should bear the name “guardians of peace and security”.