UN General Assembly
2005

the United Nations. Only by working together can we hope to discharge our responsibilities. We must at the same time ensure the Organization’s credibility by adapting it to the global realities of the twenty-first century. The High-level Plenary Meeting provided a useful impetus towards meeting the goals and challenges of the twenty-first century. The outcome document of the 2005 world summit included measures to strengthen the United Nations. My delegation wishes to underscore the need to preserve and promote the centrality of the General Assembly as the highest deliberative and decision-making organ of the United Nations. Myanmar also agrees that the Security Council should be reformed to reflect world realities so as to be more effective. Since the Council has primary responsibility for world peace and security, the process of its expansion should be managed with the utmost seriousness. Any decision in that respect should be arrived on the basis of the broadest possible agreement of the membership. In the context of the reform process, we must avoid the introduction of new concepts that have no