UN General Assembly
1957

65. Burma, like other countries, was attracted to the United Nations by the lofty idealism of the Charter. We subscribed wholeheartedly to the purposes and principles of the Charter, and looked forward to a new era of peace, progress and prosperity for mankind. It must be admitted that this cherished dream has not yet been realized. It would, of course, be a platitude to say that the United Nations has risen to our expectations. This world organization, since its inception, was caught up in the maelstrom of the "cold war", and it has never been permitted to function as its founders intended. But the very fact that it has been able to achieve considerably impressive results in the settlement of several outstanding problems and in pouring oil on troubled waters is a happy testimony to its utility as well as to its determination.