UN General Assembly
1965

110. My delegation feels that some Members rely far too rigidly on legal technicalities which have the effect of negating the very purpose for which the United Nations was founded. If the United Nations is to emerge as an effective force for peace in this struggle-torn world, if the Members wish it to fulfil the purposes and principles of the Charter, when it is imperative that such legalistic and narrow interpretations of the Charter should be avoided. Otherwise the United Nations will be a mere talking assembly used as a propaganda platform for the interests of embattled nations. 111. There is then the question of the right of veto, reserved to the five permanent members of the Security Council This needs to be revised drastically to enable the United Nations to act promptly in an emergency situation. The power of veto has been repeatedly used not for the furtherance of the aims and purposes of the Charter but as an offensive and defensive weapon for the promotion of the foreign policies of great Powers.