UN General Assembly
1957

97. We as a country have a greater vested interest in peace than almost any other country in the world. We are a small vulnerable island. Our life depends upon our trade throughout the whole world. Peace is essential to our survival and our prosperity. It is our determination to give an impulse to this work in any way we can. But sham agreements, paper declarations, vague promises, are no good to us. We want something practical and definite. We want the real thing. 98. For us, in the United Kingdom, this twelfth session began upon two most pleasant notes. First there was the election of the President, and secondly there was the unanimous admission of the Federation of Malaya to membership of the Organization.