study hae been flnalised taking lnto account the com- nEnts that were recelved. the purpose of the study, apatt frotn a broad assessment of the 'rrork of tlre United Nations ln selected efeas, is to ioqrs attentlon on ce*ain matters concernlng posslble lmprovements in tlre functlonal fl€dalitles of ttre Unlted Nations for consideration In approprlate forums. B. Sen Secre tarlz General sepeeriber 6, 19e5A/40/725 English Page 5 I. Introductonr The Untted Nations Secretary-4eneral in proposlng ttre col|lt€tbratlon of the fortieth anniversarl, of the Unlt€d Natlons in 1985 had consldered !t approprlate and tj'mely tlrat the occaslon of the fortieth anniversary should be used not onJ.y to review the performance of the Organizatlon over the past fotrr decades but to encourage a rededication of member states to the Prilr- Ciples and Purpose s of, the Charter, to promote j,nterest and support for the Organlzation and to relnvigorate lnte rrrational co-operation i-n all fields of. human endeavour. In hj.s flrst re port on the work of the 1Organizatlon-n the dlstinguished Secretaly4eneral had pointed out that the Unl-ted Nations 1tself had been unable to play as e ffective and decisive a roJ.e as the Glarter envlsaged for it and 1n tlte concluding part of the report he had stated: 'rThls year, ti.me after tlme, ne ha\re seen the Organizatiorr set aside or rebuffed, for thls treason or. for that, in sltuatl.ons !n which i.t Ehould, and could have played an inportant ani cons- structlve role". The attention during the fortieth annlversarl' ye ar would no doubt be directed towards a Ee arrch to +rrest these tendencies and also to find ways and rneans t,o ensure a better functJ-oning of t.he Unlted Natlons mechinery ltself. t.A/31/l dated 7 Septeilber 1982.A/40/726 Bnglish Page 6 In his three reports presented at the thirty-
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