UN General Assembly
1964

187. Furthermore, the work of this session of the General Assembly has been held up in a disheartening fashion by basic disagreement on peace-keeping arrangements. Although the Australian view on the application of Article 19 is clear and firm, and we think that this should be settled as an issue concerning solely the authority of the General Assembly in financial matters, yet we can see that, behind the question of arrears in payments, lies a division of purpose and opinion about the purposes and procedures and, indeed, about the very meaning of peacekeeping. Unless that question of peace-keeping can be solved, not only the work of the General Assembly but the whole future of the United Nations itself could be jeopardized.