UN General Assembly
2004

Council resolution 1539 (2004). Along the same lines, Mali is working within the Human Security Network to keep this question among the priorities of our Organization. In order to effectively prevent and manage these situations of crisis and conflict — that is, to preserve and guarantee international peace and security — the international community must work for an international order that is based on the rule of law, and for a United Nations whose legitimacy is strengthened. Thus, we welcome the establishment of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, and we anxiously await its conclusions. The question of development is, and must remain, a priority issue on the international agenda, and thus we welcome the decision to hold a plenary meeting in 2005 devoted to follow-up of the outcome of the Millennium Summit, and to a comprehensive and coordinated follow-up and implementation of documents from the major conferences and summit meetings organized by the United Nations on economic 17 and social topics. We hope that that meeting will enable us to conduct an objective and candid review of