UN General Assembly
1969

the legal equality of those same States. 15. As a small State, but one inspired by its devotion to international law, Uruguay comes to the work of this Assembly with faith and hope in the Organization and in the solution that may stem from it. The success of our meetings rests on the contribution of all to the supreme blessing of world peace. By using our energies, our co-operation and all the other means at our disposal, by supporting the existing organs and means in order to overcome the grave problems of the world, and by co-operating with the family of nations on a regional and world-wide scale, we must make the utmost effort to sweep away the tight barriers that prevent us from reaching the common goals which unite us. 16. We are not unaware of the fact that an appropriate amendment of the Charter which governs our work may be the most feasible means of achieving these objectives, but we must not await that event. In the meantime we must