UN General Assembly
1961

39. In order to strengthen the United Nations and enable it to meet many of the requirements of present- day international political life, we believe that the Charter of the United Nations should be amended. The world has changed since 1945 . The membership of the Organization has doubled. Many young, energetic States have emerged, influencing by their vigour and .youth the form and spirit of the Organization. It activities, especially in the functional field, are expanding very fast. These drastic changes in the facts of international life make corresponding changes in the structure of the United Nations organs imperative. 40. I have in mind the expansion of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, so as to provide an adequate and just representation for all, especially the newly independent States from Africa and Asia. The use of the veto in the Security Council should, we believe, be curtailed, if not altogether abolished.