| Date | 27 April 1998 |
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| Started | 10:00 |
| Ended | 12:25 |
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Agenda item 120 (continued)
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations (Article 19 of the Charter) (A/52/785/Add.3)
The President
In a letter contained in document A/52/785/Add.3, the Secretary-General informs the President of the General Assembly that, since the issuance of his communications dated 4 February and 23 and 31 March 1998, El Salvador and Haiti have made the necessary payments to reduce their arrears below the amount specified in Article 19 of the Charter.
May I take it that the General Assembly duly takes note of this information?
Agenda item 157 (continued)
United Nations reform: measures and proposals
Report of the Secretary-General (A/52/822)
Notes by the Secretary-General (A/52/847, A/52/848, A/52/849, A/52/850, A/52/851 and Corr.1, A/52/852)
The President
In connection with this item, the Assembly has before it the following documents: report of the Secretary-General on a revolving credit fund, document A/52/822; note by the Secretary-General on core resources for development, document A/52/847; note by the Secretary-General on the utilization of the Development Account, document A/52/848; note by the Secretary-General on a new concept of trusteeship, document A/52/849; note by the Secretary-General on a Millennium Assembly, the United Nations system (Special Commission) and a Millennium Forum, document A/52/850; note by the Secretary-General on time limits of new initiatives ("sunset" provisions), documents A/52/851 and Corr.1; and note by the Secretary-General on the impact of the implementation of pilot projects on budgetary practices and procedures, document A/52/852.
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome all present once again to the General Assembly Hall. As announced in the Journal, today's meeting is devoted to the consideration of further steps towards the realization of a comprehensive programme of reform aimed at making the Organization better equipped for a pragmatic and more effective accomplishment of its mission in today's world and in the next millennium.
The issue of United Nations reform has been at the centre of deliberations in the General Assembly from the very beginning of its current session. Discussions held during the general debate, at the open-ended consultations of the whole, in the Main Committees, and at the informal informals clearly demonstrated that Member States attach great importance to this matter. For many reasons, I can state that the reform process, initiated by the Secretary-General back in March 1997, and its outcome during the main part of the fifty-second session highlight the determination of the United Nations and its constituents to review a wide range of issues related to the Organization and its activities.
In this regard, let me briefly recall that two consensus resolutions under agenda item 157, entitled "United Nations reform: measures and proposals", were adopted on 12 November and 19 December last year. I do not wish to comment extensively on the provisions of those resolutions, since I believe that the months of negotiations which led to their adoption allow a lot of the delegates present here today not only to make a precise quotation of the relevant paragraphs, but also to give a full negotiating history of the formulations agreed upon.
In those resolutions, the Secretary-General was requested to submit a number of reports and additional explanations related to the different aspects of realizing the reform proposals. In particular, under resolution 52/12 B some of the reports and explanations were to be submitted before the end of March this year, namely on a new system of core resources, on a revolving credit fund, on the utilization of a development account, on the Millennium Assembly, et cetera.
I wish to extend my gratitude to the Secretary-General and his team for the timely preparation of the requested documents, as well as for his willingness to present them personally in the General Assembly. His dedication and tireless efforts aimed at reforming the Organization deserve our continued appreciation.
The new set of documents, which has already been given the name "Track 3 reform" in the corridors of the United Nations, places a number of questions before the General Assembly on, first of all, how to proceed further with their consideration. I hope that the question of how to deal with the reports and notes presented by the Secretary-General will be one of the focal points of today's discussion, and I would like to encourage views and proposals in this regard.
The fifty-second session has already been marked as the Reform Assembly. Today's meeting is a vivid testament to the remarks which I made at the adoption of the second resolution on United Nations reform, to the effect that that resolution actually represented not a concluding stage but a first step on the road to transformations in the Organization. We are now facing new challenges: to ensure the continuity of the reform process in the General Assembly and to give it a new impetus at the intergovernmental level which will permit us to consider changes of a more fundamental nature.
In this context, I cannot help but mention the current financial situation of the United Nations. Lack of substantial improvements in this area may seriously undermine the credibility of the reform process, thus sending a strong negative message to the outside world and the general public about the ability of the United Nations to adapt itself to the changing international environment.
I hope that there is a clear understanding in this Hall that the contributions to the United Nations should be paid by the Member States in full, on time and without conditions. In this regard I would like to stress that issues of United Nations reform depend not only on the political will of the membership, but also on sufficient funding. For United Nations reform to succeed, all Member States must assume their treaty obligations and ensure full payment of their assessments. United Nations reform is well underway. I take this opportunity to repeat my earnest appeal to all Member States, including in particular the largest contributor, to swiftly pay their outstanding as well as current contributions. It will be the most definite indication of genuine support for the United Nations.
There is no one in the Assembly who could seriously question the need to continue the reform of the United Nations. Indeed, in recent months the reform process has become not only an integral part of the daily life of the Organization but also of ourselves as individuals. By engaging in it, we strive to make the more effective United Nations contribute better to the people in their efforts to build a safer, healthier and more just and prosperous world. The United Nations must continue to undergo changes, but it is my strong belief that only changes which enjoy the universal support of Member States and serve collective needs can be successful. And let me also remind you that the only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
I now invite the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, to address the General Assembly.
The Secretary-General
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