UN General Assembly
1993

make concerted efforts to establish a workable system of collective security. Just as the prohibition of the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State is fundamental in inter-State relations, the Charter unambiguously prohibits, in the well-known paragraph 7 of Article 2, any intervention of the United Nations itself "in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State". This prohibition applies equally to States and to other international organizations. In this time of major political and economic changes in a volatile world, extraordinary care should be taken to uphold such basic principles as respect for the territorial integrity or political independence of States. Myanmar fully supports the Security Council’s recommendation of 28 May 1993, which states that the Council considers that United Nations peace-keeping operations should be conducted in accordance with operational principles consistent with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. Those operational principles include a clear political goal with a precise mandate subject to periodic review and to change in its character or duration