UN General Assembly
1963

11. Although it has survived many trials, we must not overlook the need to revise the operation of the Charter in the light of present-day realities. The question here is that of maintaining a proper balance between different forces. There is no doubt but that an adequate place must be given, in our collective life, to the numerous peoples which have just emerged into freedom. Following on the well-known Bandung Conference, the important conference held last spring at Addis Ababa has demonstrated the strength of this new force which is in process of organization and will have to be reckoned with once these newly independent countries have achieved political stability.