UN General Assembly
1995

international world order but also the current membership of the United Nations. It should also become more 6 capable — through the adoption of early-warning measures — of taking prompt and effective action in the fields of conflict-prevention and the continued deployment of peace-keeping operations to re-establish and consolidate peace. We do not believe that this urgent need to restructure the Council will be met by the mere inclusion of two major industrial Powers as new permanent members. When the question of increased membership is being discussed, we maintain that if the current imbalance is to be prevented from continuing to deteriorate, all geographical regions should be appropriately represented. We disagree with the extension of the veto privilege to additional members. Since this is a mechanism created to respond to world political realities that no longer exist, the Powers possessing this privilege should willingly agree to restrict its practice exclusively to issues related to Chapter VII of the Charter. The whole world would welcome such a decision by the five permanent members