UN General Assembly
1972

100. The facts show, however, that our collective search for justice and peace is often sabotaged and frustrated. Important resolutions in this Assembly and other United Nations bodies are ignored. The effectiveness of the Organization itself is scoffed at and doubted. Our Organization seems at certain times to be surrendering to the rule of force in relations between nations. Indeed the principles and purposes of the Charter, the raison d'etre of our Organization, unfortunately now need to be reasserted. The Organization must seriously and urgently consider how to regain its authority and its effectiveness.