UN General Assembly
1968

17. Great are the dangers and grave the risks that surround us, and yet never has mankind had at its disposal so many efficient tools to employ in the solution of its problems and difficulties. Science and technology for the first time in history allow an adequate response to the needs of social well-being and progress for all peoples. But, at the same time, there has never been an historical period with such an accelerated chain-reaction of basic problems. The need for frequent readjustments to a great extent explains, if it does not justify, the set-backs which periodically occur in our arduous quest for true peace.