UN General Assembly
1957

33. The Soviet Union and many other States consistently adhere to these fundamental principles of the United Nations. This is attested by the draft declaration concerning the peaceful coexistence of States submitted by the Soviet Union [A/36731 at the present session. The draft contains an appeal to States to be guided in their relations with, one another by the following principles: mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-intervention in one another’s domestic affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. Whereas these principles are winning an ever greater measure of recognition among States, the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and other countries who have spoken from this platform have either ignored these principles, endeavoured not to notice them or have opposed them because they proclaim the sovereign right of every State to freedom and independence and express the most cherished hopes of the peoples of all nations of the world.