UN General Assembly
1979

82. Its very substance gone, the administration was paralysed by lack of credit, deficits, and the frustration and under-utilization of its staff, as well as its senior officials, whose careers now faced a precarious future. It was staffed with people recruited on the basis of favouritism and nepotism, who collected State funds while performing no precise function. Drained and in disorder, the administration was totally hamstrung in its various services. 83. Diplomacy was conducted on the basis of alliances which came and went; it was unpredictable, inconsistent and enjoyed no credibility on the international scene. 84. The State police, compliant and corrupt, yielded to a parallel police and guard force that were overstaffed and lusting for blood. 85. The State funds were managed arbitrarily as though they were a private inheritance, for the benefit of a single man. 86. In the social field, all rights and freedoms were suppressed and the individual had an interminable series of duties.