UN General Assembly
1965

47. This matter of the peaceful settlement of disputes is particularly important today because we live in a rapidly changing world. Disputes do not necessarily arise because any nation is ill-intentioned or wishes to harm its neighbours. They may arise because economic, social and scientific changes create new situations which can render old settlements and old agreements out of date. In such circumstances, it is important that the process of revising such settlements should be by agreement and in a peaceful and civilized manner. But, for the reasons I have Just given, this problem of the peaceful settlement of disputes is one that is permanently with us.