UN General Assembly
1954

26. As the Secretary-General says [A/2663, p. xii] : “The many issues in this sphere which regularly confront the United Nations call for a balance between vision and restraint, recognizing the fundamental right to self-determination as well as the fact that the exercise of self-determination may be self-defeating if not wisely and carefully prepared. The manner in which such issues are dealt with will have a serious bearing also upon the future course of world events.” 27. In the last resort, we consider that the problem is, generally speaking, one of timing and procedure.