A scale should be sought that would be a better and more just reflection of the economic situation of members.

As the embodiment of the international community's commitment to the Palestine refugees, UNRWA deserved its support.

This situation should have been appropriately reflected in the decisions of the United Nations, including those regarding the assessment of contributions.

The establishment of a Human Rights Council would reflect in concrete terms the increasing importance being placed on human rights in our collective rhetoric.

4. Underlines the importance of preserving the existing agreements on arms regulation and disarmament, which constitute an expression of the results of international cooperation and multilateral negotiations in response to the challenges facing mankind

3. Commends the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for recognizing the promotion of a culture of peace as the expression of its fundamental mandate, and requests it, as the lead agency for the Decade, to further strengthen the activities it has undertaken for promoting a culture of peace

Furthermore, a number of objectives and recommendations contained in the Programme of Action are justifiable not only because they lead to development or have positive impacts on the socio economic status of people, but because they are an expression of the fundamental rights of the individual.

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We therefore believe that the MDGs should not be treated as the full embodiment of development, which incorporates much wider issues such as the systemic inequity of the international financial architecture and the use of tariffs to frustrate the will of developing countries to engage in international trade.

2. We reaffirm our commitment to the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted on 8 September 2000,See resolution 55 2. and the internationally agreed development goals as the embodiment of our collective desire for and aspiration to a better world in which all peoples can live in dignity and peace.

In fact, although the basic values behind any constitutional democracy are universal and well accepted by many countries around the world, how well institutions work and adequately reflect those values is an open ended process.