UN General Assembly
1993

strengthen it, making it more responsive and relevant to prevailing geopolitical realities and more open to the participation of small and medium-sized States, which constitute the majority in our Organization. Indonesia is also firmly of the view that an increase in membership of the Council should allow for new members which, if they are not to be given the veto power, should at least serve as permanent members. They should join the Council on the basis of a combination of appropriate criteria that would adequately reflect the political, economic and demographic realities of the world today in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Such a judicious approach, in addition to one based solely on equitable geographic distribution, would enhance not only the Council’s representative character but also its moral authority and practical effectiveness. The peace process in the Middle East has finally overcome the paralysis that has gripped it over the past 10 negotiating sessions. Indonesia has welcomed the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian interim self-government arrangements in the occupied territories as