UN General Assembly
1967

106. In making use of this privilege we must recognize that the major responsibility for bringing about a relaxation of international tension and for seeking solutions to the major political problems plaguing the world continues to lie with the major Powers, especially the permanent members of the Security Council and, In particular, with the two nuclear super-Powers. The "equilibrium of terror" has resulted In coexistence. But coexistence as presently interpreted still presupposes the existence, indeed the necessity, of struggle by all means except nuclear war. The aim of coexistence, in fact, has become to modify the strategic balance of power in the world without destroying the world itself, and this by choosing means of struggle in fields where one or other major Power believes it has an advantage.