UN General Assembly
1956

105. The Italian Government attaches importance not only to political action but also to economic and social action. One is impossible without the other if law is to be given its rightful place in international relations. How can we visualize the supremacy of one law for all in a world where living standards are so unequal? Since the end of the Second World War some 700 million people belonging to eighteen nations have achieved political independence. These new independent nations are not at the same stage of development. Even among the nations that achieved independence and freedom at an earlier date there are differences in living conditions.