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Belaúnde

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301

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1949-09-24

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1965-09-24

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10

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un-general-debate

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1. “Mr. Belaunde observed that the fourth session of the General Assembly was being held under the anxiously watching eyes of humanity. A sincere self-examination would make it possible to say without exaggeration that the Organization had passed through a grave period of crisis. 81. Without denying the growing institutional and technical development, and the great services which were being rendered by the United Nations and its specialized agencies in various parts of the world, it must be conceded that in such an organization it was necessary to consider not only technical progress and institutional development, but above all the spirit, the moral atmosphere upon which international peace and justice were founded. 82.”

   1949-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 4 (1949)