UN General Assembly
1961

3. There can be little doubt that, as we meet now, the circumstances prevailing in the world are indeed grave. The international climate is literally and figuratively disturbed. The air we breathe is increasingly contaminated by unhealthy and dangerous materials, while international goodwill and amity have reached a low point and the angry words, invective and crude threats of possible resort to force and to the most appalling means of mass destruction, which have filled the air already for too long a time, give the impression that the world knows of no other way than to walk fatalistically toward an impending catastrophe. 4. In view of the present serious situation, it is indeed fortunate that we should gather here from all