UN General Assembly
1946

The conclusion of a trusteeship agreement, the recognition of the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, these are the two principal steps which Belgium has taken, or proposes to take, within the framework of our Organization, and which we have thought useful to bring to the knowledge of the Assembly. The Belgian delegation has sought to formulate at the same time observations suggested to it by the principal activities of the Organization. We have done this without reticence. It is doing a service to the Organization to express our criticisms frankly, if we do so in a constructive spirit. To point out shortcomings and weaknesses is not, for us, a sign of discouragement. It is, on the contrary, a manifestation of our wish to see our institution expand and its efficiency increase for the benefit of all peoples. This wish will not cease to dominate our actions.