UN General Assembly
1969

71. This highly unsatisfactory state of affairs has led to the belief that the Charter no longer adequately meets the vital needs of our time and must be so revised as to responsive to the aims and aspirations of Member States. It seems to my delegation that, in so far as the machinery and methods of operation are concerned, there is undoubtedly much to be said in support of this point of view. Indeed, it was in recognition of the growing importance of the Afro-Asian States in the United Nations that Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter were amended in 1963. It must be admitted, however, that the effectiveness of the United Nations as an instrument of peace depends not so much on the letter of the Charter as on the spirit in which its provisions are carried out. It is difficult to believe that the ills that at present afflict the United Nations can be cured merely by Charter revision, however desirable that may be. 72. It seems to my delegation that the purposes and