Cont'd from Part 1:
The Soviet representative waited for translation, then responded:
Zorin: This is not a court of law, I do not need to provide a yes or no answer...
Stevenson: You can answer yes or no. You have denied they exist. I want to know if I understood you correctly. I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over, if that's your decision. And I am also prepared to present the evidence in this room.
US Ambassador Adlai Stevenson addresses the UN Security Council and his Soviet counterpart Valerian Zorin on 25 October 1962.
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I am more proficient at buying postcards than I am at fluently interpreting their subjects. The Stevenson-Zorin exchange is just a dramatic example of a single UN Security Council discussion which has been popularized in movies and history documentaries.
I watched with interest, on 24 September 2024, the statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Security Council regarding the ongoing war with Russia - as well as the statements made by other members.
Included at the end is some concise detail on the original intentions behind the organization of the United Nations and its agencies - eight decades ago.
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| from: The Modern Era; Richards & Cruickshank; 1955; Longman's Canada. |
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| from: The Modern Era; Richards & Cruickshank; 1955; Longman's Canada. |