UN General Assembly
1961

12. In the midst of political turmoil, the strength and authority of the United Nations are of paramount Importance. The more the sense of community among Member States is strained, the more important it is to safeguard the machinery of international co-operation. The Organization can, however, only be as strong as its executive arm. New Zealand firmly opposes any weakening of that executive. This is one reason why we must reject the paralysing device of the "troika" and its variants. But such an idea is also unacceptable in principle, because it is the repudiation of the whole concept of an international impartial authority for which we have worked so long. Small countries, in particular, cannot and must not allow such an authority to be destroyed, impaired or even called into question; nor, in this nuclear age, can great Powers—although some in their pride appear at times to forget this basic truth.