UN General Assembly
1955

50. Therefore, taking these facts as they are, and while we move towards this internationalization, it is necessary that in this principal organ of the United Nations, as established by the Charter, there should be the impact of every part of the world proportionately. I do not say that there should be, necessarily, precise mathematical proportions, but there should be the healthy and equitable impact of the various parts of the world. What is more, I should like to remind this Assembly that most of us have national parliaments to which we are responsible. We have to answer for the position that obtains in this Organization to our national legislatures and to public opinion. I do not want to belabour the Assembly with figures and facts, as I did last year in the Fifth Committee [459th meeting], but I wish to draw the attention of the Secretary-General and the Assembly, which has to deal with it in the Fifth Committee, to this matter of the organization of the Secretariat in such a way as to enable it to penetrate the whole body of public opinion which lies behind the United Nations.