UN General Assembly
1956

81. Most of our groups, moreover, are not hard blocs. They are flexible and they are, fortunately, not exclusive. It is only natural and fitting that like-minded countries should work together; but it is neither natural nor fitting when a group is forced to become — superficially, at least — so united that it automatically votes as one, on even the most unimportant procedural issues, Fortunately for the work of our Organization, there is only one such bloc — and even here there have of late been hopeful signs of a restless intelligence at work. May the rest of us refuse to move backwards, because the only result of the ossification of blocs will be that the United Nations will grind to a stagnant halt, with the veto of the single State in the Security Council being replaced by the veto of the voting bloc in the Assembly.