UN General Assembly
1966

136. Is it in the power of the United Nations to solve this problem and should the twenty-first session of the General Assembly deal with it? For the masters of such bases have, so to speak, become firmly entrenched and it is not easy to dislodge them. 137. No one claims that the elimination of these military bases is a simple matter. But even in a simple matter no progress can be achieved unless an effort is made. We can see that the bases may not be eliminated all at once, but, to begin with, only in certain areas and in individual States. But it is essential to move in that direction if the United Nations really intends to take action to achieve a relaxation of international tension and to create conditions in which every State will feel secure.