UN General Assembly
1955

22. But questions concerning the principle of self-determination will continue to loom large on the scene, of international affairs, and the United Nations cannot: disinterest itself from them. I whole-heartedly agree with the Secretary-General when he says in the introduction) to his annual report: “The peoples of Asia today, of Africa tomorrow, are moving towards a new relationship with what history calls the West. The world organization is the- place where this emerging new relationship in world! affairs can most creatively be forged” [A/2911, p. xi], The delegation of Thailand has consistently been in favour of a friendly discussion of such questions in the General Assembly. But now the Secretary-General, to whom we already owe a debt of gratitude for the part that he played in securing the release of the. American fliers, makes a fruitful suggestion which we should all consider most carefully. For he says: "Conference diplomacy may usefully be supplemented by more quiet diplomacy within the United Nations, whether directly between representatives of Member Governments or in contacts between the Secretary-General and Member Governments” [ibid., p. xii]. The possibilities in this direction should certainly be explored.