UN General Assembly
1950

51. We must admit frankly that the present mechanism is as yet far from satisfactory. We have, unfortunately, not yet been able to create the necessary mechanism to meet our requirements and to give the desirable prompt and effective expression to the spirit of the United Nations, and to convert it into action in the material and practical field. 52. The complete mechanism provided for in Chapter VII of the Charter has not yet been set up. The veto — to which the Turkish delegation as far back as the San Francisco Conference had registered its objection — has been made a tool of obstruction. 53. We have said before, and I shall repeat it now, that in dealing with matters of vital importance to the world, we consider it improper to take advantage of an expedient — designed to serve otherwise — to nullify the will of the overwhelming majority.