UN General Assembly
1948

To make up for its cultural delinquency, the Council must reconsider its relationship both to UNESCO and to the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat. Just as it was possible for the Council to take the initiative in economic and social development and to maintain that initiative while closely collaborating with the specialized agencies concerned, so it ought to be possible for the Council to have an intellectual and spiritual vision for some of the less fortunate, areas of the world and to stimulate UNESCO to realize that vision. The Council had, moreover, never put into practice the first part of Article 65 of the Charter, which read: « The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the Security Council and shall assist the Security Council upon its request».