UN General Assembly
2007

only progress if we are able to preserve international peace and security. It is disappointing that our efforts since the 2005 Summit to reform the body which has the primary responsibility for this, have been less than conclusive. We need to rekindle our fervour in order to give the Organization a Security Council that is more representative in terms of its membership and more transparent and effective in its working methods. Whatever the formula decided upon, reform of the Security Council cannot be viable if it does not take into account the realities of today’s world, which differ greatly from those of the 1940s. It cannot be fair if it does not rationally rectify the boundless harm done to Africa by excluding it from the category of permanent members of the Security Council. Reform of the Council will undoubtedly reflect on its authority and its ability to fulfil its mandate in a satisfactory manner with respect to the situations concerning the fundamental principles of the Charter, such as the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which