UN General Assembly
1959

135. If we say that it is impossible, then we are forgetting with what effectiveness and vigour this Organization has proved itself to be the most powerful of all factors making for peaceful competition and for international negotiation and understanding, and we are losing sight of the maturity, the sense of responsibility and the devotion to progress and to the general happiness which, I am pleased to say, are characteristic both of the great array of Arab States and of the young and vigorous State of Israel. 136. In a statement such as the one I have the honour to be making on behalf of my country, it would indeed be futile to attempt to cover the vast number and variety of items of a universal or regional character which are within the purview of the United Nations and are dealt with either by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council or the specialized agencies.