UN General Assembly
1952

70. Implicit throughout the Charter was the acknowledgment that there would no longer be a divorce between the narrowly-defined interests of any one nation or group and the total interests of the world at large. Enlightened realism recognized the identity of individual interest and total world interest in ultimate effect — if not in time — and consequently the identity of interest and principle. It was apparent that the only valid solution to the problems which would confront the United Nations would be based solely upon the application of the criteria of the Charter and not of any individually-defined criteria. Issues would have to be analysed and decided on their merits in relation to the prerequisites and objectives of positive peace defined in the Charter.