UN General Assembly
1959

124. In international affairs today there is no more urgent task than that of putting a stop to the "cold war", reducing international tension and creating an atmosphere of mutual trust in the relations between States through the removal of obstacles blocking the way towards achievement of a lasting peace with security. Czechoslovakia has been striving for many years for the adoption and application of the principle that any controversial question should be settled by peaceful means alone, by means of negotiation. We welcome the fact that this approach to current international problems is gaining more and more support in the world.