UN General Assembly
1966

48. The most productive part of the land on which the conflict is taking place, the land of an ancient people whose existence goes back to the dawn of history, has been virtually destroyed. The country's youth, representing its hopes and its future, is being mercilessly liquidated. Young people are dying on either side, the victims of ideas that are no concern of theirs and using weapons provided by foreign Powers. 49. What is the world waiting for, when this terrible conflict is daily becoming more serious and when it is confronted with the sufferings of Viet-Nam? Perhaps Schiller's words would be apposite here: "Since when have the seeds of happiness no longer been growing in this earth?"