UN General Assembly
1989

To meet new demands the United Nations must of course have adequate resources. The financial crisis of the United Nations is perhaps less acute, but it is not over. Budget reform has had positive effects and must be pursued. It is not acceptable that certain Member States owe the Organization a total exceeding half a billion dollars. Financial obligations under the Charter must be fully honoured, and when new or increased demands are placed on the United Nations we must all be prepared to accept the costs. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran United Nations diplomat Ralph Bunche once said, "if we in the United Nations could be as successful at peace-making as we are at peace-keeping, then our problems would be greatly reduced". Today we have reason to be more optimistic about the United Nations peace-making role than Ralph Bunche could be.