UN General Assembly
1951

70. We have affirmed that peace is indivisible and that aggression can only be restrained by universal co-operation. However, we still have to implement these declarations of principle. The Assembly must lay down that its first task is to give effect and practical meaning to the resolution [377 (U] “ Uniting for Peace ” ; each country, according to its economic and political situation, its military strength and military traditions and its geographical position, must assume the obligations incumbent upon it. 71. There is another point which is also of great importance; I refer to regional agreements. It is gratifying that the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking with the authority of that great nation, has set forth in this hall the doctrine of these regional agreements; the North Atlantic Treaty is entirely in keeping with the spirit and the letter of the Charter.