UN General Assembly
1959

56. Nuclear war arising out of tensions and violence in vital areas can by no means be excluded until the rule of law is universally in effective operation; and even with the best of good will this may take many decades. The nuclear Powers should therefore, we suggest, begin to work towards that objective by encouraging, groups of nations to accept the rule of law, area by area, throughout the world. They should also be prepared to support a permanent United Nations force designed to protect one such area for a beginning. In this way they would give the world concrete evidence of their determination to uphold their Charter pledges, and of their determination to build a world order based on justice and law, co-operatively defended by a common force.