UN General Assembly
1957

163. The real tragedy, however, is that if this tendency to make the Middle East and other parts of Asia an arena of the "cold war" is carried to its ultimate conclusion, the countries of that region would not be in a position to assert themselves against the outbreak of war. They would have little, if any, chance to play an active role in obstructing the preparations of war. Instead, they would become the first victims of the ideological battle. And even if, in the end, war could be avoided, their involvement in the "cold war" could still not bring them any beneficial results.