UN General Assembly
1969

take the risk that it may be wrong. There is too much at stake to leave matters to chance and to justify inaction or indifference. I believe, therefore, that all Members must, in their own interest and for the sake of their own people, take positive action to restore the authority of the United Nations. 45. I trust, Madam President, that you will not regard what I have just said as a digression from the issues before this Assembly. It is my belief that it is vital to those issues, for I would suggest that in each and every one of them a clear test of the rightness of the decisions we shall reach is to be found in the following question: “Does the decision enhance the authority of the United Nations?” The question is not “Does the decision coincide with my State’s special interests?” or “Does the decision impose any burdens or obligations upon my State?“ I do not, of course, deny that such questions will be asked of themselves