| Date | 21 July 2006 |
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| Started | 15:00 |
| Ended | 18:10 |
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Agenda items 117 and 120 (continued)
Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters
Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit
The Acting President
Before giving the floor to the first speaker, I would like to remind members that there are still 33 speakers inscribed on my list. I therefore appeal to members to make their statements as concise as possible, in order that we may be able to exhaust the list of speakers this afternoon.
Mr. Bolton (United States)
I wish to thank the President for the opportunity to speak to the important issue of Security Council reform and expansion.
The United States supports expansion of the Security Council, but change must be far more than simply change for its own sake. Changes should be designed to increase the effectiveness of the Council in responding to the challenges we face today.
A look at the Council's agenda over the past weeks makes clear the importance to all Member States of a Security Council that is able to respond swiftly, credibly and effectively to threats to international peace and security. On a very practical level, one reason the Council is able to function with at least some efficiency is that its size permits useful and manageable discussions and debates. All Council members are able to engage in debate over the course of a morning or afternoon. Draft resolutions can be worked through line by line within a time frame that allows all members to express their views. That procedure is more complex and time-consuming in United Nations bodies with a larger membership -- when members are here.
The expansion of the Security Council must result in at least maintaining, if not increasing, the Council's effectiveness. We believe that the Council would be more effective if Japan -- the second largest financial contributor to the United Nations, a strong and vibrant democracy, a defender of human rights and a leading contributor to peacekeeping operations and development worldwide -- were a permanent member of the Council.
Over the past year, we do not believe the current proposals before the General Assembly have gained the broad-based support required for adoption and ratification as a Charter amendment. The time and energy expended on this issue over the past year has only hardened positions and increased divisions among members. We are no closer today than we were a year ago to achieving the broad consensus necessary to adopt and ratify a Charter amendment.
The time may therefore be right to move beyond these stalemated proposals. To get to a model for expansion that commends the broad support necessary, some of the key actors in the current debate will have to find new ways of looking at the issue.
As to the Security Council's working methods, the United States believes strongly that a number of changes are needed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Council's work. The United Nations Charter gives the Security Council sole authority over its own working methods. During the past year, the Council has re-energized its Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions to address the issue of the Council's working methods. My Japanese colleague Ambassador Oshima continues to do an excellent job as Chair of that Group. Earlier this week, the Council adopted a series of practices to make the Council's work more transparent. We will continue to participate fully and to support the ongoing efforts of the Working Group in the coming months.
Mr. Kazykhanov (Kazakhstan)
First and foremost, I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting and for a good opportunity to discuss the important issue of Security Council reform at a plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
As indicated at the 2005 world summit, Security Council reform is an essential element of our overall effort to reform the United Nations. In that regard, we strongly believe that this sensitive issue should be resolved on the basis of a broad international agreement.
Acknowledging that reform must make the Security Council more representative, effective and accountable to the wider United Nations membership, Kazakhstan has repeatedly voiced its continued support for expansion of the Council in the categories of both permanent and non-permanent seats. We share the general view that the present composition of the Council does not sufficiently reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.
We are convinced that an expansion of the Security Council that is in accordance with the principle of equitable geographical representation and that takes into account the contribution of the States concerned to the development of the world economy and to global security would serve the interests of many States and would facilitate comprehensive reform of the United Nations.
Kazakhstan attaches great importance to the issue of the working methods and practices of the Security Council. Our delegation fully supports the view that the Council should continue to adapt its working methods in order to make its work more transparent and more democratic so that it can better serve the interests of the entire membership of the Organization. In that context, we welcome the efforts made by the delegations of Costa Rica, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Singapore and Switzerland. Their proposals on the Council's working methods deserve our careful examination.
We also welcome the work being done by the Security Council's Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, which includes efforts to enhance the efficiency and transparency of the Council's work as well as to ensure stronger interaction and dialogue with the general United Nations membership.
Kazakhstan will continue to support and work closely with the President and other members in order to achieve the reform to which we aspire in the structure of the Security Council and its working methods. We strongly believe that reform of the Council is needed to make it more transparent, democratic and efficient.
Mr. Sen (India)
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| 197 |
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