Some of these criticisms are plain untruths. It is not the case that the UN provides only words but not deeds. Even in the peace-keeping field, the most difficult of all, the UN has established five major peace forces, which have done much to maintain or restore peace in three important conflict areas (the Middle East, the Congo and Cyprus), has established observer forces in a number of other cases, and has, elsewhere, successfully mediated in disputes which might otherwise have led to war. In the economic and social field, the deeds are even more manifest