UN General Assembly
1947

My third point concerns the economic crisis. We believe that modern science has advanced far enough to achieve freedom from want for all mankind. The fact that some parts of the world are on the verge of starvation is mainly due to economic barriers and outmoded economic isolationism. It is axiomatic that we can have no political stability without economic stability. Economic warfare always leads to political warfare. International economic co-operation should replace the nineteenth century economic exploitation of nations. We have read a good deal about the Marshall Plan for Europe. No one denies the urgent need of Europe for immediate rehabilitation after the last devastating war. But we venture to submit that the whole world needs a survey and a plan for reconstructive development, and that the United Nations should directly and immediately concern itself with such a survey and help individual nations toward economic reconstruction and development.