UN General Assembly
1982

if the Organization is to fulfill its role as the focal point for the global management of the critical problems of our time, it is imperative that a new sense of purpose be instilled in its mechanisms and procedures so as to prevent it from degenerating into a sterile debating forum. My delegation further believes that in this effort the non-aligned movement to which Indonesia belongs could and should make an important contribution, both at the conceptual level and in initiating concrete proposals, as it has consistently done in the past on the global issues of peace, security and international economic co-operation. 254. In a rapidly changing world of disparate interests and contending visions, the only alternative to re-storing the United Nations as a relevant organization capable of meeting the challenges of our time is to allow an unmanaged and uncontrollable slide into international chaos and anarchy. As the Secretary-General has warned, we appear to be perilously close to that point. 255. Thus, for once, the task before us should