75年来，世界各国人民心向联合国，视之为世界和平与各国和谐的希望之源。他们给本组织带来了结束冲突和纷争、更加尊重人格尊严、缓解苦难和贫困、以及伸张正义的愿望——这表达联合国的一个基本期望，即本组织不仅要确认其赖以创立的理想，而且要以日益增强的决心，努力使这些理想成为每个人生活中的现实。
For the past 75 years, the peoples of the world have turned to the United Nations as a source of hope for world peace and harmony among States. To the Organization they have brought the desire for an end to conflict and strife, greater respect for the dignity of the human person, the alleviation of suffering and poverty and the advancement of justice — an expression of an underlying expectation of the United Nations that the Organization would not only affirm the ideals on which it was founded but would labour with ever-greater resolve to make these ideals a reality in the life of every woman and man.