UN General Assembly
1956

63. While I think, therefore, that the role of the United Nations, so far as negotiations are concerned, should be one of discreet, friendly prodding, I firmly hold that extensive assistance from the United Nations will be needed in order to enable the parties to carry out the adjustments and reforms of an economic and social nature within and between the respective countries in the area which a peace settlement certainly will require. The General Assembly could very well start considering, even at this stage, this particular aspect of its peace-making role in the Middle East. 64. I cannot leave the subject of the Middle East without expressing my disappointment at the negative attitude which the Soviet Union has so far taken towards United Nations policies in the Middle East during the crisis. This attitude is all the more disappointing since these policies have been supported by the vast majority of the United Nations, including the Middle Eastern countries themselves.