UN General Assembly
1969

Presidents, committee chairmen and members of individual delegations have drawn our attention to the necessity of strengthening the organization of the Assembly’s work. An initiative in that direction was undertaken last year by the Second Committee. We welcomed that initiative and are gratified to note that the action recommended is already being put into effect this year. We are looking with great confidence to you, Madam President, to broaden these first steps during your tenure of office. 77. Although there is a link between organization and functioning, it goes without saying that the functioning of the United Nations is an entirely different, a vastly more complicated and delicate chapter. It touches on fundamental issues and, in particular, on the way in which the United Nations discharges its functions in accordance with the provisions of the Charter. Moreover, as I had occasion to mention briefly at the beginning of my address, it opens a field which touches on the attitude we ourselves are prepared to adopt in respect of action by the United Nations as a whole.