UN General Assembly
2022

It is imperative that broad agreement and genuine consensus be found again soon within the Organization if it is to restore its international credibility as a true family of nations. It must extend beyond the General Assembly, to the reform of those organs with effective executive capability, such as the Security Council. The landmark resolution 76/262, requiring that the use of veto power be explained before the General Assembly, was a welcome step in that direction. The members of the Security Council, most especially the permanent members, have a crucial responsibility for the maintenance of peace and order in the world. When there is no shared vision or political will for peaceful coexistence, they become themselves the perpetrators of grave injustices. Only when the representatives of nations gathered here are able to place the common good above their own partisan interests will the legal framework of the United Nations system truly be the pledge of a secure and happy future.