UN General Assembly
1965

54. On the other hand, it has not been able to institutionalize its armed action as a guarantee of peace because, save in exceptional, cases, the "common ends" on which the Charter based the system of collective security were lacking. Luckily, however, the Organization has been able to add to its arsenal of peace. In 1965, the United Nations is not a better or a worse organization than it was in 1945. It is simply a different organization in many respects and it has inevitably had to adapt to new and changing conditions, which is a proof of its vitality.