UN General Assembly
1969

invite them, together with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, to increase their activities in this field, where the needs of the developing countries are still enormous. 83. In the course of its existence, the United Nations has lived through some difficult and sometimes even critical periods. It has had to face problems which have led to fundamental divergencies between Member States. There is every likelihood that it will be faced with perhaps even more controversial problems in the future. I consider that, despite the imperfections inherent in any human endeavour, our Organization has contributed in large measure to the solution of the major disputes that have divided some of its Members. I should like to state here, formally and explicitly, as a testimony of our loyalty and gratitude, that the Democratic Republic of the Congo — which has had occasion to appreciate the beneficent work of our Organization — is still firmly devoted to the fundamental principles of the Charter. 84. Now that I am about to leave this rostrum, I am very