UN General Assembly
1980

11. The progress that has been made so far is considerable and we cannot deny that the prospects for bringing us closer to each other are many, if only we are willing to explore them. 12. Yet if this community of States is to continue to survive not as a fossilized institution of manmade curiosities, but vibrant, viable and relevant to our age, the whole edifice of international relations, hung with the trappings of hypocrisy and cloak-and-dagger intrigue must be torn down and in its place a new structure erected, infused with genuine understanding and forthrightness—a testimony to our honest promise to put aside the instruments of war and carnage and embrace the tools of peace and progress.