UN General Assembly
1953

131. It is precisely at this point that the knot may continue to loosen or may tighten again. It is here that we meet the danger arising from the tendency which the great Powers have developed spontaneously, and almost naturally, towards a policy in which they alone would play the leading part and make the final decisions. 132. It is difficult, and frankly it is impossible, to deny that the great Powers have a special responsibility in major international problems. If that is the case, however, the consequences of their errors cannot but be particularly dangerous, and since vast interests are at stake in the conflict between the great Powers they cannot always remain impartial without the corrective support and co-operation of the smaller and less powerful nations. In our view that is one of the major reasons which justifies the existence and the aims of an organization such as the United Nations.