UN General Assembly
1963

84. I have spoken of the United Nations as an instrument for peace —its primary concern. But it is no less an instrument for economic development, so that the people of the whole world —not just the most fortunate minority— can be rid of hunger and poverty and the shackles of ignorance and so enjoy a satisfying standard of living. The Preamble of the Charter speaks of the peoples of the United Nations employing ... "international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples". Even now we are preparing ourselves for action of this kind. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development will bring together a whole range of related problems in the expectation that concerted international action will be able to alleviate at least the most pressing of them.