people view the United Nations through the prism of their own narrow interests. Moreover, inadmissible steps are sometimes taken to undermine the entire United Nations system. _ 49. In his recent annual report on the work of the Organ- ization, the Secretary-General has expressed justifiable concern about the fact that the United Nations “suffers from a lack of respect for, and failure to co-operate with, the Council’s decisions”.2 In that context, we note with satisfaction the efforts the Secretary-General is making in accordance with the Charter to promote the implementa- tion of decisions taken by the Council and other United Nations bodies. 50. Let me mention something else, too. A better world cannot be built by taking into account the interests and views of one State only, however powerful and economi- cally developed that State might be. Nor can it be built for a limited group of States. A better world means peace for all, which can be achieved only through the efforts of all. I wish to stress this here in the Security Council, whose work is based on the principle of the unanimity of its permanent members. 51. The responsibility incumbent on the permanent members of the Council in no way detracts, of course, from the role the other Council members and all other States Members of the Organization are called upon to play in maintaining world peace. Whatever their differen- ces, these should not be allowed to overshadow what is most important: namely, their common responsibility for eliminating the nuclear threat and safeguarding peace. 52. In the words of Mikhail S. Gorbachev, General Sec- retary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: “All people want to live; no one wants to die. There- fore, we should muster political courage and stop the 