UN General Assembly
1955

42. Speaking for Canada, we do not wish to see this creative work curtailed, for there can be no lasting peace so long as ignorance, sickness and poverty are allowed to go unheeded anywhere. We are more than ever convinced that no nation can remain healthy and prosperous in a diseased and bankrupt world. But our dilemma is that some assurance of peace and security is required if all Member States are to make a full contribution to combating economic and social ills. Nations which want to assist in the development of less fortunate countries often find that, for their own security, they must limit that assistance' in accordance with the burden of national defence which they must also bear. 43. This is one more reason why we hope that progress in disarmament will continue to a point where more substantial resources can be released for the great international co-operative project of bringing a better life to all the citizens of the nations of the world.