 Complete the following phrase:  On 25 October 1971, over US opposition, but with the support of many Third World nations, along with the Socialist Peoples Republic of Albania, the mainland, communist Peoples Republic of China was given the Chinese seat on the Security Council in place of the Republic of China; the vote was widely seen as a sign of waning US influence in the organization. With an increasing Third World presence and the failure of UN mediation in conflicts in the Middle East, Vietnam, and 