UN General Assembly
1984

81. It is not succumbing to discouragement and to despair to emphasize the steady deterioration of the environment in which we live and the virtual inability of the international community to alter the dangerous course of events in any way. It is also disturbing to note the paralysis which is steadily gripping the United Nations in the vital sphere of the maintenance of international peace and security, for which the Organization is responsible under its Charter. Of course, we are all aware of the extent of the problems we face and of their complexity, but is this any reason for giving up hope and taking no action? 82. Since the last session of the General Assembly, monologue has followed monologue. Tension in East- West relations, far from abating, is still dangerously present. We are caught up in a crisis. Almost everywhere we look, there is deadlock.