YouSaid · the spoken record

Webb

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS WEBB

lines on the record: 57
first: 1952-09-24
most recent: 1953-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-general-debate

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

“But mere verbal or voting support is not enough. We should like to see a clear recognition of the principle — and, what is more important, some practical evidence of that recognition — that the military and economic burdens of collective action must be borne by the majority of States supporting the action, rather than by a willing minority. 10. As my Government has already pointed out to the Committee, it is in our view entirely inequitable — though it seems to be taken for granted by the great majority of States — that all the economic burdens incidental to collective military action should be borne exclusively by those Members of the United Nations which have themselves provided military elements.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)
“New Zealand, as one of the very few Member States which replied to the Secretary General's invitation, suggested that the Committee might usefully devote some time to a study of the problem as to how the military, financial and other assistance to be furnished to the United Nations in the case of collective action might be more equitably shared. We made this suggestion because it relates to what we regard — and, indeed, what obviously must be regarded — as one of the essential elements in the development of an effective system of collective action, namely, the necessity for the widest possible participation and support by Member States. 9. That there is a need for the United Nations to build up such a system is endorsed by the great majority in this Assembly, and we are all concerned to support its development.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)
“But, alas, until the time comes, if it ever does come, when the edifice of peace rests upon the common determination of all nations to support it, until the time comes, if it ever does come, when nations, or at any rate all great nations, are prepared to have their international disputes settled by arbitration instead of by war, the only hope seems to be to buttress the structure of peace: with appropriate regional arrangements wherever it is threatened. 7. I now naturally turn to the Collective Measures Committee, about which the Secretary-General circularized all Members last year [A/2215]. He invited us to submit observations on subjects which the Committee might consider during this year. The response to his appeal has been disappointing. 8.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)
“Padilla Nervo, in what, I thought was a comprehensive and thoughtful speech at our opening meeting, said, perhaps not in so many words but in effect, defence against aggression is not enough. Something more is expected of us. We must strive all the time to devise some way of ridding the world of the scourge of war and of the threat of war. The expenditure on military preparation, not to mention war itself, has reached staggering and appalling figures. What a tragedy that these vast sums cannot be devoted to the constructive purposes of peace instead of the destructive purposes of war! Peoples all over the world are yearning for a brighter future.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)
“At San Francisco, when this Organization was launched, we had hoped that its Members would be so united and so powerful and willing to resist aggression that all regional arrangements of the kind some of us have felt it wise — and indeed, imperative — to make would be unnecessary. But, to the world’s great loss, this has proved not to be the case. 5. It is a sorry commentary on our so-called enlightened twentieth-century civilization that, in the present temper of nations, military preparedness seems to be the only condition on which we can hope to avert a third world war — a war which might well change the face of civilization. 6. But let us not rest content with this negative approach to the problem of maintaining world peace. As. our retiring President, Mr.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)
“It would be too much — far too much — to claim that the clouds which have been darkening the horizon have rolled back, for they still hover threateningly over certain areas. But, nevertheless, I feel that the situation — perhaps I am an optimist — shows signs of becoming a little easier. The sky is not quite so overcast. In a period of acute international tension, this is much to thankful for. It would, nevertheless, be idle to deny that this is due, not to a change of heart on the part of those who have been disturbing world peace, but to increased determination, backed by actual preparation, on the part of those peace-loving States which, while threatening no one with aggression, are determined to resist it from whatever quarter it may come. 4.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)
“I feel that I should announce that although my name is Clifton Webb, I am not the screen star. By all accounts, he is “Sitting Pretty” down in Hollywood, and foreign ministers, I find, are “Cheaper by the Dozen” around here. I am also pleased to see from the map above the head of the President that New Zealand, is on top of the world. We, of course, know that that is a fact, but we are" pleased to see that it is recognized by others. 2. Amidst the large and growing number of topics with which the Assembly is invariably called upon to deal, there may be a tendency to forget that the maintenance of International peace and security still remains the paramount purpose of the Charter. How have we fared in this respect since this Assembly last met? 3.”
1952-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 7 (1952)