The United Nations is the most universal and representative of organisations, almost all-encompassing in its responsibilities. The Organisation was founded in order to bequeath to our children a better world, to spare them the ruin and sorrow of war that the founding fathers had twice experienced in their lifetime. The Charter of the United Nations was not only drafted as an international legal document but was also intended to be a political statement reflecting a moral vision of a peaceful and just world society. The United Nations is made up of its member states. We cannot lump the UN with misgivings that are not actually of its making.
Member states have to shoulder the responsibility of political stalemate.
Moreover, during the past decade, its responsibilities have increased dramatically in scope and volume straining further the resources of this Organisation. In order to deal efficiently with these challenges, we, the member states, have to agree on how to advance the role of the UN in examining and resolving issues of immediate and long-term concern. Since 1945, the United Nations has continued to build on the broad vision contained in the pages of this guiding document. Numerous human rights documents and platforms of action have been agreed to concerning the rights of man, woman and child. These are questions which need be answered for a United Nations relevant for the twenty-first century.