UN General Assembly
1953

32. Here it should be borne in mind that it is not only from speakers in this debate, and from what appears on our agenda, that we learn of a growing conviction that, if the United Nations is to function effectively, its Charter will have to be revised and its defects will have to be repaired. We need but read the Press and scrutinize reports of statements throughout the free world by statesmen and leaders in practically every walk of life to realize how generally this view is held, and how strongly it is supported. For never since San Francisco has the United Nations, or, more correctly, its capacity in world affairs, compelled wider and closer scrutiny than at the present moment. Much of what we hear and much of what we read is criticism, though not always criticism which is designed merely to condemn or to destroy. It is often constructive criticism, born of experience and inspired by loyalty to the cause of peace and a sincere belief that this Organization can be made to work efficiently.