Meget væsentligt er det dog at påpege, at der må findes en løsning på de modsigelser, der nu så tydeligt gør sig gældende på grund af den vigtige rolle, som medlemsstaterne spiller i FN ikke mindst med hensyn til de finansielle midler til de forskellige operationer og FN's budget, og medlemsstaternes og EU's betydelige bidrag til FN's forskellige fonde, men den temmelig begrænsede politiske indflydelse, som EU og EU's medlemsstater udøver i FN, herunder i FN's agenturer.
It is important, however, to go beyond the contradiction which is quite obvious today, in that, on the one hand the Member States play a major role in the United Nations, especially in terms of their financial contributions to its various activities and its budget or the large contribution made by the same Member States and the European Union itself to the various United Nations funds, whereas, on the other hand, they clearly both have relatively little political influence, particularly in the specialised agencies.