UN General Assembly
2009

reform of the Security Council and regrets that, to date, no reasonable compromise has been reached to make it more representative, democratic and possibly less paralyzed by cross-vetoes concerning fundamental issues. Mr. Acharya (Nepal), Vice-President, took the Chair. The reforms of the General Assembly and the Security Council are encompassed in a wider process of transformation and strengthening of the role of the United Nations within the global governance system. San Marino believes that the United Nations plays and must continue to play a pivotal role in managing the global governance system and that the United Nations reform process must be aimed at reaching this objective. Today’s world is characterized by marked differences in terms of power, wealth, income and social well-being among nations and peoples, and within individual nations. Unfortunately, the world is beset by numerous ethnic and interreligious conflicts, which are sometimes fuelled by economic and geopolitical factors originating outside the area of the conflict. Moreover, global warming, which is also a consequence of indiscriminate energy consumption in developed and developing countries, is one of the