UN General Assembly
1961

10. We have been grieved to see how in the last decade the crisis of moral and juridical values has become more acute, and how this deepening crisis is placing mankind in situations of increasing difficulty. We believe that it is essential for the coexistence of nations that the essential principle of respect for the rights of others — which is the basis of international law — must be obeyed. The sanctity of international conventions is a matter that no longer admits of discussion (however, these conventions must be respected and executed strictly in accordance with the commitments entered into, because their fulfilment, which depends in the last analysis on the good faith of the parties concerned, is the means by which the use of force, with all its disastrous consequences, can be avoided.