UN General Assembly
1951

40. When we view the prospects of peace in the world today, as it is the duty of the General Assembly to do at each Session, we must ask ourselves this question: Have the States of the world made progress in respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms? I submit that this question should be put at the forefront of every session of the General Assembly. 41. In asking this basic question now, we must all be frightened by the present state of the world, for instead of making progress in the advancement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, we are actually drifting back to the age of barbarism. 42. I shall not discuss conditions in Eastern Europe, because they are relatively well known to you. I shall confine my remarks to conditions on the mainland of China.