UN General Assembly
1984

31. We fully share the Secretary-General's thoughts in his report on the work of the Organization that "Without the safety net which multilateral organization provides, the world would certainly be a much more dangerous and disorderly place , and that "an extended and tolerable future for all humanity ultimately depends upon our success in making the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations the basis of the day-to-day relations of Governments and peoples". These views are more accurate now than ever before, since the circumstances under which our world is evolving today are far more fraught with a threat to its very existence than they have ever been in the entire history of mankind.