UN General Assembly
1956

141. Looking back on the past ten years of the United Nations and having in mind recent and present happenings, there appears to be good reason for the feeling of disappointment and disillusionment which in most countries is troubling those who looked to the United Nations to bring peace and security to a sorely troubled world. Many people are asking whether the United Nations has not become merely or mainly a forum where Member States can air their grievances, attack each other and conduct their ideological propaganda. They are asking what has become of the professed determination of the founder Members “to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours”.