UN General Assembly
1952

15. The first step now towards this end is the conclusion of an armistice, and in this connexion we are profoundly disappointed that the truce talks, in which agreement has been reached on all controversial points of substance except one, should have been seriously interrupted. 16. It is the duty of all States, both Members and non-members of the United Nations, to bend all their efforts towards the conclusion of an armistice. And if, as we are given to understand, the only outstanding problem is the question of the forcible return of the prisoners of war, surely some mutually acceptable formula can be agreed upon. 17. I should like to make an appeal to the Soviet Union, through its representatives here to assist wherever it can towards this end. Theoretically, ostensibly, the Soviet Union is not a party to the Korean war, but we know that it has been doing a little more than prompting from behind the scenes.