of peace, security and global economic co-operation in our interdependent world. It would be difftcult to imagine a world without the United Nations, in spite of all the cyni- cism and criticism which- have been laid .at its door. 154. In 1983, the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in her address to the General Assembly,4 declared that firm faith in the United Nations was central to the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. At the recently concluded Con- ference of Foreign Ministers of Non-Aligned Countries held at Luanda earlier this month, Ministers from over 100 countries expressed their deep and abiding commitment to the United Nations, to preserving and strengthening the Organization and to making it fulfil more effectively the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter. 155. Before I proceed to consider the special role assigned to the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, I should like to express our deep gratitude to the Secretary-General for his very thought-provoking report for 1985 on the work of the Organization, as well as for his statement made earlier in this meeting. His analysis is penetrating and his recommen- dations pragmatic. Coming in the wake of our ongoing exercise of exchange of views aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of the Council inspired by his earlier reports, this could, we hope, pave the way for concrete, meaningful and realistic action in enhancing .the Council’s effective- ness and generally in revitalizing the United Nations as a whole. 156. Under the provisions of the Charter, the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security is vested in the Security Council. Although the Council has played a useful role and- has acted as a safety net in several ways in preventing the outbreak of war, its weaknesses and shortcomings have prevented it 
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