UN General Assembly
1952

3. The Charter gave this Assembly a very exalted but rather vague role, intending it to be something in the nature of one of those popular assemblies which serve primarily as a safety valve for the most impassioned impulses of the community, and which sometimes give birth to ideas which, while useful, must always be carried into effect by other organs, once these have recognized their value. I do not deny the importance of such functions, and I sincerely trust that this Assembly may continue, to act as such a body; but we are faced with the fact that by reason of its structure and truly democratic procedure — so different from that obtaining in certain other places — the Assembly has been forced, during the few years of its existence, into the role of a veritable board of directors of the United Nations.