UN General Assembly
2014

looted; or wars are waged against still others, simply in the name of democracy, freedom and regime change. All of those actions are based on false pretences. That is not the scenario that the noble and distinguished gentlemen, the founders of the United Nations and its Charter, envisaged. What those great founding fathers of the United Nations intended over half a century ago was a world body committed to promoting the principles and ideals of peace and security and advancing the causes of justice and equality; freedom for all; and respect for the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of States, rich or poor, black or white, big or small; and respect for the social, spiritual, religious and cultural values of all peoples. Therefore, in order to uphold the founding principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Member States must avoid the promotion of all forms of aggression, confrontation and dangerous tension by exercising maximal restraint in the pursuit of their individual or collective national interests at the expense of others. In fact, the pursuit of