UN General Assembly
1965

106. This confidence in the United Nations was demonstrated again recently in striking fashion by the determination with which the Security Council requested and then demanded an effective cease-fire between India and Pakistan, two countries of the non-aligned world unfortunately pitted against one another in a bloody fratricidal conflict. We hope that the spirit of non-violence and wisdom of both countries will spare the peoples of India and Pakistan the horrors of destruction and desolation. Gabon is aware of the highly laudable efforts exerted by the Secretary-General, to whom I am pleased to pay a resounding tribute. Gabon will assess the contribution of certain Members in the light of the negotiations to come. Gabon appeals to all Members of the Organization to do everything in their power to extinguish the flames that light up the sky and the earth of Asia and the world. We are convinced that this is an urgent duty deriving from the spirit and letter of the United Nations Charter. We are convinced that this is the meaning of the words, so wise and so profound, spoken from this rostrum exactly a week ago [1347th meeting] by His Holiness Pope Paul VI.