UN General Assembly
1967

145. When we consider the problems of economic and social development, we are faced with the situation in which a small handful of States overflowing with wealth and strong in industrial power deploy their vast resources with scant regard for any considerations other than the maintenance and, if possible, expansion of their affluent condition. Is it any wonder that, lacking any more inspiring concepts of man's transcendental nature, many strata of futility and frustration widen and deepen in the fabric of their societies?