| Date | 16 December 1999 |
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| Started | 15:00 |
| Ended | 19:15 |
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Adoption of the agenda
Agenda item 38 (continued)
Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters
Ms. Eshmambetova (Kyrgyzstan)
As more than 50 countries are inscribed on the list to speak on this item, I shall be very brief. First, I wish to express my appreciation for the holding of the discussion on this item at this time.
Kyrgyzstan believes that the United Nations must enter the new millennium as a powerful universal Organization. We greatly appreciate the United Nations efforts to reform its activities, and in particular the Security Council, which is one of its most important organs. The Kyrgyz Republic believes that security is a multifaceted concept and requires a comprehensive approach. We believe that the Security Council's work at this time should be made more effective. This could be done by broadening the range of issues dealt with in the Council and by increasing membership in both categories. I should like to confirm Kyrgyzstan's position, which has frequently been stated by representatives of my country in the General Assembly, that a quantitative increase in Security Council membership and equitable geographical representation in the Council of all countries, including the developing countries, would broaden the participation of all countries in decision-making and would promote greater democracy within the Organization. The Open-ended Working Group will continue its work and we are confident this will lead to consensus on this very important issue.
For its part, the Kyrgyz delegation will strongly and actively support the Working Group's work and will cooperate on all the aspects considered.
Mr. Flores (Spain)
For six consecutive years, my delegation has expressed its views on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council, which it considers to be of the utmost importance. On this occasion I will briefly restate our position on the three main aspects of this issue.
First, the veto, which is a core issue of the reform of the Security Council. It impinges directly on the Council's functioning and is inherently and inextricably linked to its expansion. The necessary limitation of this, in our view, anachronistic institution is more relevant than ever if we review some of the most significant events in international relations of this year, and if we recall the very well-focused thoughts of the Secretary-General, contained in his annual report (A/54/1), on the right to humanitarian intervention. The Open-ended Working Group on reform of the Security Council will offer us an opportunity to examine the issue of the veto again within a few weeks. We hope that that exercise will be less routine than it has been in the recent past. Proposals in this field are varied. The Secretary-General's recent idea of the possibility that an established majority of members of the Council could override the veto deserves our interest.
Secondly, I wish to recall Spain's position regarding the expansion of the Council. We support the increase as a way of achieving a more democratic Council, this being one of the fundamental goals of its reform. Nevertheless, enhanced democracy logically entails not an increase in the number of privileged members, which contradicts the very idea of democracy, but rather an increase in the number of elected members in accordance with criteria of equitable geographical representation.
Thirdly, my delegation has supported enhanced transparency in the Council's working methods for six years. We take note of and welcome the progress achieved in this matter, as evidenced by the increase in the number of open debates and private meetings with participation of States non-members of the Council.
Yet the trees should not prevent us from seeing the forest. In other words, our main objective must be that what today is still the exception -- open meetings of the Council -- becomes the rule, and that what is the rule -- informal consultations -- becomes the exception.
Finally, Spain will participate diligently and constructively, as always, in the meetings of the Open-ended Working Group on the reform of the Security Council held in the year 2000.
Mr. Tello (Mexico)
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