UN General Assembly
1961

He has been left to act as he thought fit, because our discussions rarely ended in definite actions; because sniping between the great Powers — and, I must admit, between the small ones like ourselves — over the question of the Congo consistently prevented agreement on any specific point. For want of clear-cut decisions, the Secretary-General was very often compelled to fill our place. We sincerely think that this evil will not be remedied simply by installing a three headed Secretariat. The reform should toe designed to separate' the administrative functions very clearly from the political functions. The Secretariat must become a strictly administrative organ, whose duty it is to ensure the internal operation — I repeat, internal — of the United Nations and its specialized agencies. The political responsibility must be assumed by the General Assembly or by the Security Council.