UN General Assembly
1972

29. Therefore, may I speak to the Assembly, first, as the leader of a small and young nation and. second, in all humility for myself as a human being, and may I briefly redirect members' attention to the fundamental root and source of the continuing crises in human affairs which directly threatens the future of mankind and underlies so many current dislocations, tensions, upheavals and, indeed, violence around the globe. 30. As I said, my words cannot be new, because the world's problems do not arise from what men have said in this hall, but rather from the stubborn refusal of men to listen.