UN General Assembly
1948

The representative of Uruguay had made a very reasonable objection in the Interim Committee (A/AC.18/SR.15 and A/AC.18/SR.18) to those attacks against the principle of unanimity. In his speech he had most pertinently asked why the lack of efficiency in the work of the Security Council was attributed to the right of veto. No such right existed in the General Assembly, and yet its activity could not be considered to have been very effective. No answer had, however, been given to that argument.