UN General Assembly
1951

It is not the democratic world which by military action, revolution fomented from abroad or coups d'état has imposed individualistic or capitalistic régimes on countries which had voluntarily accepted a socialist or collectivist régime. The opposite is true. 75. The democratic world has been compelled to begin rearming in face of uninterrupted communist expansion, the latest manifestation of which is the Korean war. The United Nations, in instituting common action against aggression, has gained renewed vigour. In seeking the consolidation of a system of collective security it is not threatening anyone, but is endeavouring to safeguard its own free existence. 76. Yet we should note that the collective security system ought preferably to be based on regional agreements, particularly from the point of view of the individual contribution of each country; that is, that the countries grouped in the same regional organization should negotiate their contribution and its employment on a regional basis.