UN General Assembly
1957

183. Perhaps we should conclude that the surest way of reaching agreement would be to entrust the task of formulating the draft declarations not to the great Powers, but to the small and medium-sized States, which could once again exert their moderating and conciliatory influence. Such declarations would be of value, if adopted unanimously, because the reiteration of fundamental principles always tends to enhance their power and. influence. 184. As I have said before, prosperity as well as peace is indivisible; the two are so intimately linked that it is not too much to say that the one depends on the other. There can be no real peace without a minimum level of general prosperity, and it is humanly impossible to conceive of prosperity if there is no peace.