UN General Assembly
2004

United Nations and regional organizations to ensure the broader involvement and commitment of countries in decision-making and implementation processes. Reform is necessary within those valued organizations if we are to effectively address today’s realities and challenges and resolve tomorrow’s problems. To do that, we cannot work with yesterday’s mechanisms. A revitalized General Assembly is indispensable for effective United Nations action. We would also support Japan, Germany and India joining countries from Africa and Latin America as permanent members of an enlarged and more representative Security Council. In a few short years, Armenia has done away with the false proposition that we must choose between East and West, between the old world and the new. We have done away with the myth that our neighbours can control the pace of our economic development and shape its direction. Now we want to do away with the very dangerous notion that yesterday’s adversaries are enemies forever. 19 Armenia is ready to compromise and collaborate with neighbours who are ready to join us in making