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1953-09-24
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  1. “But what the United States docs cannot achieve the desired goal unless there is an equivalent response. 16. Occasions are now imminent which permit, indeed require, the Soviet leaders to show more authentically their present intentions. The Korean armistice evokes a heartfelt welcome The United States is glad that it was able to contribute to it as it did. But the arm slice of itself is inconclusive as a test of the communist will to peace, because there was by then an effective military barrier to aggression. The Korean political conference, if the Communists come to it, will afford a better test. 17. Korea has been for many generations a victim of big Power politics. Russia, Japan and China have successively sought to use Korea to advance their aggressive purposes.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  2. “In his address of 8 August of this year, the new Soviet Premier twice spoke of the peaceful coexistence of the communist system with that of the non-communist world. Such expressions are welcome. But as against the background that I mention, mere words do not instantly or totally reassure us. We have heard them before and we know that Soviet communist doctrine prescribes the use of such words as guile. If the Soviet leaders are honest, they must recognize that, if there is to be a new world climate, they must contribute to it more than they have yet contributed. 15. The United States is quite prepared to explore ways to end the present tension. President Eisenhower has already made that clear. We shall, I hope, never grow weary or discouraged in our quest for peace.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  3. “It makes it possible for even the small and the weak to get real security. Also it ensures that even the strong and the great cannot, practically, pervert the system by using it for aggression. That way is the enlightened way. By that way the goals of our Charter are advanced by means which none has cause to fear. 13. It may be asked, why do we fear? I could speak of that at length. But in order to avoid what might seem provocative, I confine myself to a single summarizing fact: since 1939, some 600 million people of some fifteen nations have been brought into the Soviet camp of dictatorships, and in no case has this come about by the voluntary action of the peoples and nations concerned. History records no more frightening fact. 14.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  4. “These counter-measures have, by common consent, involved the sharing of facilities, and sometimes the placing of military forces from one country in another country. 11. Soviet leaders have complained of these arrangements. But they should know, and probably they do know, that community arrangements are the least likely to be aggressive. Military force which is with a single nation can be used offensively at the dictation of one government alone, sometimes of one man alone. Military force which is distributed throughout several countries cannot be used effectively unless all of the countries concerned are in agreement. Such agreement would be totally unattainable except for operations responsive to the clear menace of aggression. 12. A community defence system has two great merits.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  5. “It is indeed a destructive power inherent in matter which must be controlled by the idealism of man’s spirit and the wisdom of his mind. They alone stand between us and a lifeless planet. There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is no problem which compares with this central, universal problem of saving the human race from extinction. 10. The nations are groping for the spirit and the institutions which will enable man to dominate matter. So far, unhappily, it has been impossible to provide either the spirit or the institutions on a universal basis. Therefore some of the nations have developed their own community measures to deter aggression and to give protection to moral values that they cherish.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  6. “The Security Council promptly called upon its members to help the victim of aggression and almost every free nation responded in one form or another. Sixteen sent troops to Korea to fight to repel the aggression and the result is now signalized by the armistice which ends the aggression and ends the killing. 8. Korea has become the place where, for the first time in history, an international organization was instrumental in actually repelling armed aggression. That fact may have profound consequences. It may open new avenues to peace. We must hope so and try to make it so. Never was the need so great. 9. Physical scientists have now found means which, if they are developed, can wipe life off the surface of this planet. Those words that I speak are words that can be taken literally.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  7. “We must admit that the United Nations has not realized all the hopes held for it. That is largely because many of those hopes were unrealistic. They arose from underestimating the profound difficulties which lie in the way of establishing an international order of peace and justice. The United Nations was built largely on the expectation that the leaders of the grand alliance, who had worked together for victory, would continue voluntarily to work together for peace. That expectation proved ill-founded. The alliance which was the product of fascist aggression disappeared and, when that aggression was battered down, allied unity vanished, to be replaced by new division and new fears. These reached a peak when the Korean aggression occurred, 7. It is to the eternal credit of the United Nations that it was not then indifferent.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  8. “We shall have in mind the Charter mandate to this Organization “to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations”. Never was the need for such harmony more urgent. Never were the consequences of disharmony so menacing. Yet the fact of tension cannot be ignored. That would be dangerously unrealistic. Also, the causes of that tension will have to be explored. Otherwise there can lie no cure. But, in whatever it does here, the United States will seek to avoid any word or deed which might needlessly aggravate the present state of dangerous tension. 5. The primary purpose of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security. Yet for over three years there was a war in Korea. A war in Indo-China still goes on and nowhere is there a sense of security. Because of these things, some say that the United Nations has failed. 6.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  9. “The United States delegation will work here in that spirit. We shall state as clearly as possible what we deem to be the just and the right solutions to the problems which we here encounter, for we do not think that the United States ought to be ambiguous about the problems of our time. But we also adhere to the basic United States belief, expressed in our Declaration of Independence, that we owe “a decent respect to the opinions of mankind”. We are ready to learn from others and we also recognize that our views may not always prevail. When that happens, we shall no doubt regret it but we shall not sulk. We shall try to accept the results philosophically, recognizing that we have no monopoly of wisdom or virtue and also that sometimes the passage of time alone provides the final verdict. 4.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)

  10. “1. Mr. DULLES (United States of America): It is an honour for me to be with you again. As one of the founding group at San Francisco, I shared in the hopes and labours which brought this Organization into existence. I have served at most of the previous sessions of the General Assembly and, at this new session, I am fortified by the fellowship of many of you who are veterans in the battle for peace. 2. The United States comes to this eighth session of the General Assembly with renewed determination to use for peace and justice the opportunities which this Organization provides. President Eisenhower has a deep and abiding faith in the United Nations. He has often said so and he has asked me to say it to you again. lie wants the United Nations to become an increasingly effective instrument of peace. 3.”

    1953-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 8 (1953)