UN General Assembly
1955

24. I think that the present welcome relaxation of tension in international relations affords us the opportunity to impart, in an atmosphere of calm and cooperation, a more useful and specific form to the instrument by which all our debates must be guided. 25. By reason of its many achievements, particularly in the realm of the maintenance of international peace and security, the United Nations has cause to be proud of the first stage of its existence. Ethiopia expresses its sincere hope that the period of relaxed tension now opening will mark still further progress, not only in this field, but, in the fine language of the Charter, in the establishment of conditions under which “justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained”