UN General Assembly
1968

138. ft is an implicit purpose of the general debates to refer to the various aspects of the developments in the world: political, economic, social, technical and legal. It is customary to speak of the achievements of the year under review and to point out the fields in which no progress has been made and why, and to submit our views as to how to proceed further. It has been the practice for every one of us to review the outstanding political problems and a number of other issues, political or non-political, relating to the activities of the United Nations. On this occasion I shall not elaborate on all the issues, but I shall endeavour to lay the necessary emphasis, as I am sure we all see it, on the priorities which so overwhelmingly require our attention at the present moment.