Gerald R. Ford

“ I ask the American people to look at the United Nations with true perspective-neither exaggerating its accomplishments nor ignoring its shortcomings, but seeing clearly its record and its potential for constructive action in the best interests of the United States and of all other members. ”

“ Today, the United Nations is adjusting to the new realities of economic interdependence. At the Seventh Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September of this year, great progress was made toward reaching agreements through which the interests of all nations-less developed as well as developed-can be promoted through cooperative action. In the field of economic development, as in peacekeeping, the United Nations has proved its usefulness to all its members. ”