UN General Assembly
1979

232. The United Nations is a suitable international forum in which to deal with many international problems. Since its inception more than 30 years ago it has played a prominent role in the promotion of peace and security throughout the world and in enlarging the possibilities and fields of co-operation among peoples. It has also helped to create a suitable atmosphere for the promotion of the principles of peaceful coexistence and the achievement of detente in international relations. Though it is true that the United Nations could have discharged its responsibilities in a larger measure in international life, the presence of imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism, of which zionism is a form, has constituted an impediment in the way of the achievement by the Organization of the objectives set forth in the Charter and has prevented it from carrying out its task of finding practical solutions to many of the problems it has dealt with continuously at its various sessions. The disregard by some for United Nations resolutions has decreased their importance and has led to their non-implementation while pushing international efforts towards a dead end.