UN General Assembly
1968

11. The events of the past decades have clearly shown that international problems cannot be solved by force alone. International society today demands not nuclear bombs but social reforms. The example set by the communist countries may he tragic because, instead of devoting their efforts to solving economic and social problems, they have delayed the evolution of international society, allocating a large proportion of their wealth to building one of the most powerful military arsenals ever seen in history. 12. On the other hand, we cannot help thinking of those areas in which social injustice is of such a magnitude as to arouse the indignation of all those who have sincerely abided by the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 13. I must re-emphasize that international society today demands not weapons but economic and social reforms, Above all, it needs genuine land reforms capable of giving dignity to the thousand million poor peasants who could thus work their own lands, assisted by the powerful help made available to human labour by modern technology.