UN General Assembly
1963

72. We regret that continuing major global tensions necessarily still divert into economically unproductive channels large resources of effort and treasure, some at least of which might otherwise be added to those available for the peaceful purposes of our world Organization; but there can unfortunately be little Immediate prospect of any significant rediversion of these resources. 73. In the meantime, however, there is much which we can and should do to improve the capacity of our Organization to carry out its tasks effectively. The massive accession of additional Members to the United Nations, particularly during the last ten years, and the resulting reflection of new major regional interests, have made it urgently necessary to revise the Charter so as to make it accord more closely with current needs and to provide in the principal organs —especially the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council— for more adequate representation of new Members, especially the nations of Africa.