UN General Assembly
1964

131. This Organization has not yet completed the second decade of its existence. It has weathered many crises, as attested by its achievements in political, economic and social relations. It has proved to be an important factor for the promotion of friendly relations among nations and the most effective instrument for expanding the fields of economic and social co-operation, through the specialized agencies, the Technical Assistance Programme, and the Special Fund. However, this Organization can never live up to its ideals of maintaining world peace, nor can it meet its responsibilities satisfactorily in the fields of economic and social progress, unless it receives from every Member State the moral and material support which would facilitate the discharge of these responsibilities, uninhibited by factors of power politics.