UN General Assembly
1946

In recent months, and more particularly since the opening of the Peace Conference, the States which, in a certain sense, have met with defeat, have, with a view to revenge, set on foot a campaign which has had the effect of poisoning public opinion. Certain aspects of this campaign recall methods of propaganda which have been condemned by history and, more recently, by the Nürnberg tribunal. Strange as it may appear, this propaganda is being carried on under the eyes of the United Nations, under the eyes of the Governments which declare themselves powerless to prevent it because freedom of the press and freedom of speech exist in their respective countries. I said that this appears strange, because freedom of opinion, interpreted in this manner, amounts to a kind of immunity conferred on war-mongers and aggressors. To what does this interpretation of freedom of opinion lead? The experience of the war and of Fascism has already shown.