UN General Assembly
1972

77. Everything then indicates that we must act at three different levels. First of all, we must rid ourselves of insecurity and violence in all their manifestations; 25 years after the foundation of the United Nations, the balance of terror can no longer suffice for us. Next, we must reassert our will to base our relations on a permanent dialog. The Secretary-General referred in this regard to the "balance of prudence". Should we not go further still and aim at "stability through co-operation"? 78. Last but not least, there is a new task which the international community as such must undertake, an objective which is even more difficult to attain than the others because it aims at creating a balance which we are just starting to think about: the balance of growth. 79. We cannot ignore the warning issued by U Thant four years ago. He said: