UN General Assembly
1966

It is the deep and abiding hope, the profound yearning, of all the peoples of this earth, especially those of the smaller nations, that the great Powers may instead of wasting their resources and energies in hostilities towards one another, pool these resources and energies for the benefit of lesser developed nations. The idea is certainly not new, but one cannot help experiencing a quickening of the pulse, a feeling of joyful expectation, in reflecting that one day in the not too distant future the great and powerful of this world will heed the universal yearning and co-operate with one another to help to solve problems of food, population, housing and disease, and to eradicate the evils that limit and benight the mind of man — illiteracy, prejudice and bigotry born of ignorance and deprivation of the education which opens up new horizons to the world of art and imagination.