UN General Assembly
1949

4. The principle that it was absolutely necessary for all the great Powers to agree among themselves on the solution of important political questions was as old as the Organization itself which had been born under the sign of that principle; it was so simple and obvious that even a political novice must understand it. Therefore the fact that it had not been and was not being applied, that attempts were being made to by-pass it, or even to abolish it from the Charter, as advocated by the crusaders against the veto, indicated that an effort was being made to attain aims other than those declared publicly. Thus, for instance, an attempt was being made to prevent much tried Korea from becoming free and united, and to maintain a controlled and divided Korea; efforts were being exerted to avoid prohibition of atomic weapons and rather to achieve monopolistic control over them.