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This report and the record of fifteen previous years prove that the United Nations now makes a major contribution to the maintenance of peace, the welcoming of new nations, the economic and social growth of large areas of the world, the validation of a civilized view of human rights, and the endless adjustments, accommodations and agreements that are the daily business of a world community.

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the 15th Annual Report on U.S. Participation in the United Nations.

03/14/1962

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