UN General Assembly
1966

54. The United Nations should take decisive steps to abolish the abnormal conditions still existing in international economic life —conditions which are alien to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter — and should bring about measures for the implementation of its previous major decisions adopted in the economic and social fields. 55. The complicated world situation of today requires most Imperatively an increase in the role of the United Nations and of its effectiveness as an instrument called upon to secure world peace. This Organization can deal successfully with the tasks facing it only through the strict observance of its Charter, which has embodied the major principles of international relations.