to face, and which the United Nations has not yet shown itself ready to face, whether we can hope to preserve peace and order in the world by words alone. We cannot, and anybody who contends to the contrary is not facing the facts. There is no place now for wishful thinking. While the New Zealand delegation will continue to support the enforcement of partition through the joint action of all members of the United Nations, we shall nevertheless join in the consideration of any proposal which offers prospects of ending the strife in Palestine and achieving a just settlement between the Jews and the Arabs within a reasonable period. And if it is found possible to achieve a truce between the contending parties on just and reasonable terms, I need not add how warmly such a development would be welcomed by the New Zealand Government. But here is a test case, and, believe me, the future of this organization and the future of the world may indeed depend upon the way in which it is decided. What the world needs to-day is not resolutions, it is resolution. And it is the most earnest hope of the New Zealand Government that the Assembly will adhere to the principles it accepted last November, and show that resolution which the situation demands. We must not, we dare not, add to the irresponsibility of our November decision for partition without enforcement the further and final irresponsibility of a surrender to illegal force. Will you allow me to conclude by commending to your attention one of the rules laid down by a very great American for the conduct of his life, a rule which is as true for this organization as it is true for any nation or any individual. Benjamin Franklin said " Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."

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