UN General Assembly
1997

General, Mr. Kofi Annan, on the outstanding work he has accomplished since the beginning of his term, and on the submission on 14 July this year of his programme for reform. I should like to assure him of the confidence and support of the Republic of Guinea. In addition, I wish to pay tribute to the former Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who deserves credit for beginning consideration of the subject. Some have wished to call this fifty-second session the Assembly of reform, and we are in agreement. The document (A/51/950) submitted for debate, “Renewing The United Nations: A Programme for Reform”, has been examined extremely carefully by my Government. We must admit that the United Nations in its current form is a long way from corresponding to the geopolitical realities of today’s world. Since its creation 50 years ago, and in particular since 1989, the world has changed greatly. We cannot fail to change along with it. It is true that results in the area of peacekeeping and international security have been extremely positive. Many