UN General Assembly
1982

important—on their implementation. This is an absolute necessity if the United Nations is to perform the task entrusted to it by humanity. Let us listen to the voice of our Secretary- General and commence without further delay the process towards remedying the situation. If we fail to do so, we will not be doing our duty and the very future of the United Nations will be at stake, with the net result that anarchy and chaos will continue increasingly to prevail in the world instead of the rule of law and the principles of the Charter. 15. Recent debates on the question of Palestine and Lebanon brought to the foreground and demonstrated in a crude and tragic way the inability of the Organization to fulfill its paramount responsibility of maintaining international peace and security. Ten Security Council resolutions went unheeded whilst the tragic siege of Beirut and the indiscriminate bombing and shelling were going on. The Organization stood literally helpless while the Palestinians were targeted for extinction. 16. In expressing my deep concern in this