UN General Assembly
1954

3. Similarly, in 1953, there were great hopes that the world situation would improve after the conclusion of the Korean armistice. Why, then, have the peace negotiations in Korea and Indo-China failed to achieve the good results expected of them in the way of relaxation of international tension? It may be that world peace is contingent upon more weighty matters and that, until such questions are settled at higher levels, nothing can wholly succeed in allaying the fears of the world. The armistices achieved in Korea and Indo-China are no more than petty and partial solutions within a problem of far greater magnitude. Such achievements are worthless so long as the graver problems threatening world peace are left unsolved.