UN General Assembly
1956

115. We do not yet have reason to be proud of the successes of the United Nations, for at every step we encounter difficulties, and we are satisfied with temporary solutions that do not eliminate the underlying causes of conflict. We cannot get to the root of these causes without impairing certain interests which, although inconsistent with the welfare of humanity, are sacrosanct because they appertain to certain Powers. One of these problems is the self-determination of peoples or, in other words, respect for the personality of groups of human beings who, owing to the circumstances of history and in some cases the hazards of geography, are under the domination of States which do not believe in self-determination, simply because they consider it prejudicial to their own interests.