UN General Assembly
1951

I should like first to add my voice to yours, Mr. President, in a word of heart-felt thanks and gratitude to His Excellency the President of the Republic of France and to the Government of France for their very kind hospitality in this beautiful city. 2. I believe that most of us here, delegations from all parts of the world, have come here for one chief purpose: the prevention of war and the safeguarding and strengthening of international peace. This fundamental purpose is the reason for the existence of the United Nations. In the eyes of the average man and woman of every country the United Nations must ultimately stand or fall by its success or lack of success in achieving this aim.