UN General Assembly
1953

135. Everyone knows that the Security Council is practically paralysed as a result of the immoderate and arbitrary use of the veto by one of the great Powers. As for the Trusteeship Council, its composition as laid down by the Charter does not allow it to carry out such useful work for the inhabitants of the Trust Territories as would be desirable. The Economic and Social Council and the specialized agencies do not labour under the same disadvantage and are therefore able to act more freely. Fortunately, the improvement of economic conditions in various countries, the raising of the standard of living and the improvement in the health conditions and cultural development of their inhabitants, form a basis for the maintenance of peace; everything achieved in these fields must increase the chances for the peaceful coexistence of all States, large, medium or small.