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1. “To sum up, it is our earnest desire that the monumental work of the United Nations may be inspired in the pursuit of its aims by a new confidence in a future of greater justice and greater happiness.”

   1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)

2. “While I am attempting to clarify the position of the Honduras delegation in regard to individual questions, I should like to say that our efforts will, as always, be directed towards supporting those initiatives which will hasten the entry into force of a nobler code of international conduct and a more realistic understanding of collective responsibility. 62. Since numerous aspects of the work of the United Nations are justifying our hopes that, in addition to purely technical and mechanical progress, many statesmen in the chief industrial countries will be more and more able to put forward loftier plans for the over-all economic and material advancement of the peoples, our aim will be to co-operate here to the fullest extent of our capabilities.”

   1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)

3. “It seems to me, moreover, to be appropriate to remind the Assembly of the existence of resolution 197 A (III) of 8 December 1948, concerning the admission of new Members, in order that it should act in accordance with the advisory opinion given on 28 May 194S by the International Court of Justice, which declared that a State was not juridically entitled to make its consent to such admission dependent on conditions not expressly provided in paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the Charter. 60. The New York Times, in commenting on the statement made on 26 September 1951 by the United States of America, France and Great Britain on the peace treaty with Italy, said : “If the Western Powers are open to criticism, it is that they waited so long ; Italy had earned her passage back a long time ago”. 61.”

   1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)

4. “Without going into the matter very deeply, it sufficient to recall that on 2 December 1950, the General Assembly approved the Trusteeship Agreement whereby Italy, although not a Member of the United Nations, was appointed Administering Authority in the Trust Territory of Somaliland [resolution 442 (V)]. It is absolutely essential that, in order to carry out these grave responsibilities, Italy should be given the full powers granted to all Members of the United Nations. 59.”

   1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)

5. “Some method should therefore be found of bringing Italy into the United Nations, so that by adapting policy and jurisprudence to the time and circumstances, we may give Italy and other nations an opportunity to reoccupy, in full awareness of their actions and in an atmosphere of mutual confidence and responsibility, a position from which they will be able to make more effective use of their abilities in this supreme task, which will result in the advent of greater world harmony. 57. _ I dwell on the particular case of Italy because of the special position it occupies in respect of its foreign relations. 58.”

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6. “Anthony Eden, one of the outstanding architects of the United Nations, and quote a saying of his which is relevant to the problem with which I am concerned today : “ In my experience of international affairs it is the human factor, as expressed in the policy of governments, and not the mechanical shortcomings, that has caused our failures”. 55, We have had many opportunities of learning and realizing fully that, without violating the fundamental principles of our Charter, it will always be open to us to make a fruitful and constructive demonstration of international morality and community spirit by improving legal machinery thanks to the procedures laid down in our basic statute. 56.”

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7. “As representative of Honduras, I expressed on that occasion my fears that the treaty might result in perpetuating poverty and despair among the Italian masses. At the same time, I meant no disrespect to those whom I had seen suffer the tragic consequences of a regime blinded by pride. 52. The only motive of the then Government of Honduras and of the present Government was a sentimental and idealistic one. Today, even more than ever, it is time to set aside any thought of mere reprisals or attitudes resulting from secret political calculations. 53. We believe that the tremendous evolution imposed on us by events and the vicissitudes common to all human tasks will accustom us to the idea of seeking solutions which are more in accordance with hard facts. 54. May I take the liberty of extending here a hearty welcome to Mr.”

   1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)

8. “As early as September 1947, in the General Committee of the Assembly, during the discussion on the inclusion of supplementary items in the agenda of the second session of the General Assembly, Honduras, Argentina and Ecuador, being convinced that the United Nations was capable of a magnificent future, appealed to the good and noble sentiments of the great Powers which had signed the Treaty of Peace with Italy and invited them to give that country an opportunity of submitting its own further observations and suggestions for alleviating the burdens placed upon it by that treaty. I took the liberty of saying at the time that it would be an irreparable catastrophe if that great people, the guardian of the noblest treasures of the spirit, was to be permanently hampered by certain clauses in the treaty.”

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9. “I wish to say now that it will be the aim of my delegation to use its best efforts to help Italy to regain, through the proper organs and methods, full legal equality in the international sphere. I am sure that it is in the real interest of all to offer enthusiastic support to any attempt to ensure that the undying and incomparable culture and Latin soul of Italy should display themselves with renewed vigour. 51.”

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10. “For us of the New World who have come today to this City of Light, animated by the best intentions and guided by the most generous instincts to offer up our contribution on the altars of peace, this is also a propitious moment to pay a warm tribute to the spirit of France which has influenced the culture of so many nations, France, which has succeeded in surviving bitter distress with fortitude, has displayed the most serene heroism and achieved the most brilliant victories. 50. While I am referring to France, it seems to be appropriate to mention another State which also belongs to the same illustrious race whose age-long tradition still has much to teach the present day.”

    1951-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 6 (1951)

11. “The great enterprise which must be present in the minds of all representatives at the beginning of each session of the General Assembly of the United Nations compels me, at the risk of repetition, to express before this world gathering my uncompromising loyalty to those principles which inspire in us a broader patriotism and a deeper sense of world unity. 48. Notwithstanding the fearful character and magnitude of recent events and the impenetrable clouds which obscure the world picture, there persists the consoling belief that present conditions may constitute a terrible problem of disequilibrium, but not one of regression. “Ideals in politics are never realized, but the pursuit of them determines history", said Lord Acton, the great British philosopher. 49.”

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12. “My country believes that it is still not too late to take advantage of this last great opportunity to reconcile our differences within the framework of a genuinely universal structure; it will be a difficult but honourable task, which may well result in the establishment of the rule of law throughout the world, complete economic readjustment and the recovery of spiritual harmony.”

    1950-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 5 (1950)

13. “It is imperative therefore to maintain an atmosphere of complete tolerance, to take advantage of the most useful of our past experiences, to try to foresee what is to come and to restore the reasonable hopes which mankind has grown to cherish, if the principles and things that we are trying to preserve today are not to perish in endless misery and total collapse. 124. To conclude these far from optimistic remarks, I wish to emphasize that the co-operation of Honduras, although at present essentially of a purely moral nature, constitutes a strong appeal for continued vigorous support of our Organization and honest acceptance of inescapable realities.”

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14. “The list mentions the independence of Libya, the creation of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, the increasing efforts to preserve the peace in Kashmir, the satisfactory results in the maintenance of the armistice agreements in Palestine, the progressive pacification of Greece, the launching of the plans for technical assistance for economic development, the holding of the United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources, the preparation of a draft covenant on human rights, the progress made in the development of the trusteeship system and of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. 123. One need only read the items on the agenda of this fifth session of the General Assembly to realize the grave responsibilities which rest on our shoulders.”

    1950-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 5 (1950)

15. “With the world as the stage for its humanitarian action, it is far from easy to demonstrate convincingly the capacity of the United Nations to work fruitfully for the progress of all peoples towards a life more in keeping with the dignity of the human person or to provide an opportunity for the development and use of new machinery for international administration, investigation and conciliation. But one need only enumerate some of the most outstanding accomplishments recorded in the Annual Report of our dynamic Secretary-General for the period 1 July 1949 to 30 June 1950: “The list. . . is . . . sufficient to demonstrate the continuing usefulness of the United Nations during the past twelve months in the face of the most crippling effects of the ‘cold war’ that the Organization has yet suffered”.”

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16. “Therefore, although so many things are said here which are out of order, although colossal pedantry is so frequently heaped on the superfluous with the evident purpose of sowing confusion, and although at times there is so conspicuous a contrast between the wealth of good intentions and the barrenness of deeds, we must reject the spectacular but over-simplified charge that the absence of more tangible results is the prelude to all the misfortunes of the world. On the contrary, here we perceive the synthesis of a world of ideals, ambitions and heartaches; here we acquire the habit of higher loyalties. Our awareness of mortal danger and our desire to succeed add great emphasis to the urgent need to base our conduct on pure reason rather than on the fickle impulses of emotion. 122.”

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17. “This tendency of philosophy and of the applied sciences to complement each other is already finding forceful expression in the remarkable social gains due to various organs of the United Nations. Obviously the initial effort must in all cases be based on the central principle that political and economic relations transcend all other events, no matter how tragic they may be. The programme of technical assistance for the under-developed countries is an eloquent example of this principle. This vigorous and original experiment in practical international good neighbourliness, like the Point Four programme, recognizes the axiom that poverty hides many virtues. 121.”

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18. “It is universally believed that increasing scientific knowledge is directly related to the complexity of modern problems; we must therefore have a correspondingly tolerant intellectual attitude if we are to capture, by means of suitable social reforms, the stimulus of what is new or in a state of ceaseless change. This is the reason for our growing familiarity with a philosophy which is resolutely preparing to mitigate the stubborn conflict in which, while the physical sciences continually advance on the basis of earlier discoveries, philosophic thought is still marked by a rancorous struggle between discrepant conclusions which frustrate the creative impulses and which are the source of perplexities and intellectual doubt.”

    1950-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 5 (1950)

19. “In this connexion, the delegation of Honduras will be prepared to examine any workable proposals designed to promote a more realistic and equitable procedure for co-ordinating and making use of the resources of Member States. 119. Perhaps, even at this late hour, those representatives who, without unnecessary academic speculations, make a point of considering the sufferings which occur simultaneously in this world grown smaller in size, may find an opportunity to aid in what history expects us to accomplish: to channel the creative anxieties and impulses of the masses, to cultivate human powers to their fullest extent and to raise the dignity of man. 120.”

    1950-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 5 (1950)

20. “Yet, these cataclysmal conditions are in themselves a call for action which none can ignore, and it once more becomes my duty therefore to repeat, on behalf of my Government, our devotion to the fundamental truths proclaimed in the United Nations Charter. 117. The lesson — so often repeated — to be drawn from the short and turbulent life of this world Organization clearly shows that we shall have to mitigate the harsh realities by means of a sustained effort of genuine goodwill if we are to succeed in building up a structure capable of ensuring progressive and rapid evolution and the application of legal measures in specific instances of aggression. 118.”

    1950-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 5 (1950)

21. “It is indeed difficult to find words which do not reflect a false picture of the realities of the international situation at a time when we are faced with such agonizingly slow progress towards the recognition of high ideals in many parts of the world, when blind fanaticism makes a dogma of hate, when a feeling of ever deeper disillusionment, due to the obvious inability of statesmen to distinguish clearly between what is illusion and what is reality in the relations between nations, continues to spread throughout the world, when hope is submerged by unhappy pessimism and when it has become a general habit to voice dissatisfaction with everything we have without knowing what we really want. 116.”

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