UN General Assembly
1948

Mr. Kiselev thought that the events of the past two years fully confirmed the profound political analysis made by Mr. Molotov. It had to be admitted that the clash between the two basic tendencies had reached full intensity, and that a split, therefore, existed in the United Nations. Those who sought to obtain the abolition of the principle of unanimity were in fact striving to destroy the United Nations, inasmuch as the principle of unanimity was the foundation stone of the whole Organization. The abolition of the principle of unanimity would mean immediate disaster for the United Nations, which was like a ship coursing near the Atlantic shores in stormy weather. The creation of the Interim Committee at the second session' of the General Assembly and its subsequent work fully confirmed Mr. Molotov’s analysis. The reference to the Interim Committee of the problem of the unanimity of the great Powers could not be considered as anything but a step towards the abolition of that principle.