Colonel Gaddafi had been allocated just 15 minutes to speak to delegates, but spoke for around an hour and a half, claiming the principles of the UN charter were being ignored.
The Libyan leader said the veto-wielding nations on the security council were ignoring the views of the 192 members of the general assembly.
In accusing the council members of undermining the other nations, he said: 'The veto [held by the five permanent UN members] is against the charter, we do not accept it and we do not acknowledge it,' he said.
'Veto power should be annulled.'
He even went as far as tearing a copy of the UN charter in an attempt to show his disdain for the actions of the security council and the permanent members – Britain, France, Russia, China and the US.
During the 90 minute speech he also called for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian issue and praised US president Barack Obama, describing him as a 'flash of light in the darkness'.
Reading from notes though, he also appeared to veer off subject at stages, at one point questioning who killed US president John F Kennedy, and accusing delegates of falling asleep during his address.
The speech was Col Gaddafi's first to the UN since he seized power 40 years ago.
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