POTENTIAL OF U.N.

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31521, 8 November 1967, Page 7

POTENTIAL OF U.N.

Association’s Task Although the United Nations Association (New Zealand) had a responsibility to press the Government to be more faithful to the principles of the United Nations, the association’s main task was to lead both the public and the Government to understand and appreciate what the United Nations could do if given more genuine and whole-hearted support, the retiring president of the Christchurch branch of the association (Mr A. G. Long) said in his report to the annual meeting on Monday night “This does not imply blind faith in the organisation as it functions at present, but a realisation that it is a living and changing expression of a wonderful new historical phenomenon; a potentially world-wide pattern for establishment of peace, security, justice, prosperity, personal self-respect of all citizens, and human dignity,” he said. The association had a declining membership, and confusion over the association's policies might in part account for this. There was, consequently, a need to clarify what the association stood for, Mr Long said. Officers elected are: President, Father T. Cloher; vicepresidents, Messrs A. G. Long, J. Belich and D. Upton; honorary secretary, Mr J. Strassmeyer; treasurer, Mr W. N. Johnson; council, Messrs M. Sadler, M. O’Neill, G. Miller, P. Howard, R. Pike, J. McCahon, J. Young, Mrs D. Grant and Miss M. Ockenden.