UN General Assembly
1957

136. We all know that, despite the alphabetical order in which we obediently sit, there is a certain division among the Members of the United Nations. Groupings have come into existence, mainly, but not solely, on a regional basis. I am not opposed to the emergence of such groups. Indeed, my country belongs to one of them, the European group — although it is worthwhile to note that this group was constituted later than other groups and was, to a certain extent, an unavoidable consequence of the existence of other groups.