UN General Assembly
1959

47. It must be admitted that, despite all efforts made to date, despite attempts to build the international community on foundations of justice and law, relations between nations are still governed by the outmoded, but still working, rules of the balance of power. It is true that today this notion of balance has been considerably broadened. But whether one speaks of the balance between the two super-Powers alone, or between the two groups of Powers, one is forced to recognize that it is under the blanket of this balance that the peaceful existence of the world presently evolves. It is by virtue of this balance that some hold their place in existing political formations and others can remain uncommitted. It is true that there is a much better alternative to the rule of the balance of power. This is world peace and order maintained and secured by the United Nations, having at its disposal an effective international military force. But for the time being such an alternative is possible only in theory.