UN General Assembly
1946

The negative aspect is the disagreements and tension existing among the victors, including the great Powers. What, in these circumstances, is the duty of those on whom rests the responsibility for the future of mankind? What, m such a situation, should be the task of the international organization responsibile for the maintenance of peace? We believe our duty and our task should be to direct our efforts towards the achievement of the highest measure of concord amongst the great Powers, and, by agreements, to remove, as far as possible, all sources of misunderstanding between them. Translated into the language of our international documents, this means that we should guard carefully our most precious acquisition in this field, namely, the principle of unanimity of the great Powers on questions of security, and thus international peace, since it appears impossible to extend this principle, and make any further advance towards unanimity amongst the nations.