UN General Assembly
1957

115. Not content with forgetting old quarrels, our peoples earnestly desire to co-ordinate their efforts and to achieve common objectives which will help to strengthen world security. 116. I must stress the great importance which the French Government attaches to the efforts made to end the present division of Germany. This abnormal and unjust situation is the principal source of tension and insecurity in Europe. 117. During the second Geneva Conference, the French Government, jointly with the Governments of the United Kingdom and the United States, submitted specific proposals designed to lay the foundations for the reunification of Germany, at the same time offering the Soviet Union the opportunity to participate in working out a system of European guarantees and security which would be satisfactory to all.