UN General Assembly
1987

We affirm that multilateralism provides the ideal international framework to deal with those problems and is a sound basis for international peace and security. In a world characterized by increasing interdependence among States and by common issues, a collective approach is indispensable to meet the challenges before us. In this respect we believe that the United Nations can play a major, central role in achieving our objectives and that there is adequate machinery in the United Nations system. The problem lies in the obstacles imposed by some countries to hinder the progress that could be made through the use of that machinery. We wish to place on record our support for the administrative and financial reform of the United Nations, so long as that reform is not used to achieve practical ends prejudicial to the United Nations Charter, which declares that the Organization is based on the principles of the sovereign equality of all its Members.