UN General Assembly
1964

27. The task before us cannot be accomplished in a day. And in this difficult and unavoidable task It is the United Nations which should play the leading role. The time is at hand when this world Organization must face the challenge and the opportunity to demonstrate its true worth and potential. It is above all essential for all the States Members of the United Nations to make a first resolute step, with renewed determination, without losing sight of the direction in which the world must now advance. We have arrived at a great historic moment, when all the Members of this Organization must be ready to assume greater responsibilities and obligations. 28. The questions we are now facing are truly manifold and complex. The most urgent and crucial question is how to strengthen the United Nations in its peace-keeping role. What is commonly called the North-South problem is also a matter of immediate concern at the present time. I should now like to state the views of my delegation on those questions.