question of collective security; of the very existence of the League; of the trust placed by the States in international treaties; of the value of promises made TV small States that their integrity and their independence shall be respected and assured . . . . In a word it is international morality that is at stake. ‘L . . . “I ask the great Powers who have promised the guarantee of collective security to small States . , . wll;ilt tneasures do they intend to take? “Representatives of the world, I have come to Gene!-,! to discharge in your midst the most painful of the duties of the Mead of a State. What answer am I to take back 1#! my people? “4 76. At motnents such as this one dots not seek to win 2 battle of words. The only battle I wish to win for tl~> people is the battle against despair. Hope shall find 62~ Charter-abiding Members of this Organization ready to do its will, Despair can only mean that in a coId werrIiJ unprotected by the Charter each one of us will have to fe1n8 for himself as best he can. The question I am asking tlldd> is the same that Ethiopia asked the League of Natiorls ii: Geneva in 1936: what do I take back to my people‘? 77. The PRESIDENT (translation from Russian): 1 call t*fi the representative of Israel. 78. Mr. TEKOAH (Israel): Mr. President, I should like ter express to you my respect and cordial wishes. 79. Peace is not an abstract concept. It is not a matter~~l theory or formulae that can be worked out from a distanif. It is a concrete situation which must be built and prescmr%? 