UN General Assembly
1969

of international crises, and it is to his credit that we are still sitting together to nurse the wounds of the past years and to review progress towards a better world in which nations can, hopefully, put an end to intolerance of race and internecine wars. We are all aware that our world is prone to disintegration. 33. The United Nations is charged with the grave responsibility of maintaining international peace and security. The Organization is expected to take effective measures to prevent and remove threats to peace, to suppress acts of aggression and other breaches of the peace and by peaceful means in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, to bring about adjustments in or a settlement of international disputes. It.is also expected to prevent situations likely to lead to a breach of the peace. It cannot hope to succeed by taking negative measures only of a curative nature. A more important task is for the Organization to foster the development among nations of friendly relations based on respect for the principles of