Our representative organised and moderated a panel discussion on Nutrition and Ageing.

The Permanent Representative of Canada outlined the major merits of our draft resolution.

Later this year, we'll be expanding our board of directors by two members, including Stephen and a third representative elected from our staff and volunteer community.

In the Commonwealth we reaffirm our conviction that gender equality is a fundamental premise in achieving representative democracy.

The representative of Indonesia has read out the latest NAM proposal, which was discussed at our last informal consultations.

On this day we also recall our former colleague, the Permanent Representative of Lebanon, Ambassador Sami Kronfol, who passed away recently.

Our country would like to see a renewal of the Security Council that would make it more representative, transparent and effective.

Our delegation associates itself with the statements made by Martin Andjaba, Permanent Representative of Namibia, on behalf of the African Group, and Stafford Neil, Permanent Representative of Jamaica, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.

Indeed, as the representative of China observed, our motive as humanitarians in bringing this up is that we need to see change.

Let me express our gratitude to Ambassador Ashraf Qazi in his important role as Special Representative of the Secretary General for Iraq.

On behalf of the Arab Group, we also express our condolences upon the loss of the Permanent Representative of Lebanon, Mr. Sami Kronfol.

In our view, the special representative will play a crucial role in sustaining international attention and political will for the long term effort.

At the very outset, I would like to say that it was with a little bit of surprise that we listened to our colleague, the representative of Pakistan, Ambassador Shaukat Umer, at our last session.

It provides the most timely opportunity to bring to fruition our discussions over a decade to achieve a more representative, transparent and effective Security Council.

In fact, the representative of Indonesia has on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement, of which my country is a member highlighted all our concerns.

The Chairman I should like to thank the representative of Jordan for her excellent editing of her statement in response to our appeal for brevity.

Enlargement and a more representative Council are clear necessities, and we will do our part to achieve an early solution, with the strongest possible political support.

To strengthen the input of CMS expertise in behalf of UN goals, our NGO representative has persistently collaborated with other NGOs which have expressed similar concerns.

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The representative of a country that has produced and continues to produce the most Ubu like dictators that our region has ever seen has nothing to teach anyone.

That is why our discussions of Security Council reform are so important, and why there has long been an argument that the Security Council should be more representative.

This underscores the need to transform this critical organ in order to make it more representative of our world of today, through increased membership and improved working methods.

The representative of Canada addressed questions to the Personal Representative, to which she responded.

Our position on the topic under discussion today was fully reflected in the statement made earlier by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union.

The representative of Canada also addressed questions to the Personal Representative, to which she responded.

When our leaders met for the momentous summit in September, they agreed that early reform of the Security Council was an essential element of our overall effort to reform the United Nations in order to make it more broadly representative, efficient and transparent.

In spite of Palau's increasing support for the United Nations work around the world, and despite our determination to become an active member of the multilateral community, I note that the United Nations, its organizations and offices do not have one permanent representative in our nation to assist us in developing our capacity.

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Permanent Representative of Australia

Permanent Representative of Chile

Permanent Representative of Colombia

Permanent Representative of Germany

Permanent Representative of Kenya

Permanent Representative of Singapore

Permanent Representative of Sweden

Mr. Dauth (Australia) At the outset, let me affirm our full support for the statement delivered by my friend the representative of Samoa on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum.

If I may, I would also like to recall our appreciation for the work of the former Special Representative of the Secretary General, Albert Tévoédjrè, and for all that he did.

In considering the nature of the expansion of the Security Council, our overriding concern is to ensure that the Security Council is more effective and representative for the twenty first century.