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Assembly President: UN must implement reforms to deal with challenges
02.03.2012 08:14 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The United Nations must implement urgent reforms to be able to effectively deal with new challenges according to the General Assembly President.
But, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser also says the UN remains an essential forum to address universal economic, political and technological changes.
The comments came in a lecture at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Mr. Al-Nasser says urgent reforms in the Security Council were particularly important.
«The legitimacy of the United Nations’ mission will be undermined in the absence of an efficient, inclusive and representative Security Council. Timely reform is urgent if the United Nations is to respond to 21st century realities. However, to attain real progress, reform must be fully driven and defined by the Member States,» admits Mr. Al-Nasser.
The General Assembly President says that other international organizations will also need to implement reforms to reflect the changes in political realities in the past years.
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