UN General Assembly
1964

82. It also appears that the conflict lies in legalistic and procedural fields, and if this is really the case, then certainly the differences cm be ironed out by this body. My Government maintains that the effective functioning of this Organization is the collective responsibility of the entire membership. The same view was expressed by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity which met in Cairo last July, in. a resolution urging Member States to meet their obligations to the United Nations and render it all necessary assistance to help it fulfil its role in maintaining peace and security. It is, therefore, in a spirit of mutual accommodation that we should approach this difficult, but not insoluble problem. As in any family, harmonious relationships within this Organization can depend only upon the goodwill and generosity of its Members, upon the willingness to give as well as take, upon a genuine desire to co-operate and a readiness to make necessary concessions.