UN General Assembly
1960

175. This work has borne fruit. Even in the Congo crisis, the measure of success can be gauged merely by realizing what would have happened if the United Nations had not acted. It is more than probable that this new African State, which bears the imprint of civilization, and whose vigorous people have no less a right than others to aspire to independence and tranquillity, would have become, to say the least, the focal point of fierce local and international antagonisms and one of the most active theatres of the cold war or of war itself. 176. Almost all this has been avoided as a result of the action taken by the United Nations. Therefore let us try to maintain our Organization intact; let us preserve its efficiency and the atmosphere which has thus far prevailed but has now been disturbed.