UN General Assembly
2006

legal context. We encourage States to agree on a global convention on terrorism based on a clear definition acceptable to all. Haiti welcomes the major steps taken to reform the United Nations at the previous session. We are still far from our goals, but some very significant progress has, nonetheless, been made. We hope that the changes decided on will continue to give our Organization the resources it needs to carry out its global vocation. We must adapt to new requirements, as we reaffirmed at the World Summit of 2005. Accordingly, I applaud the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission. It should play an important part and its purpose is political stability, creating sustainable foundations for socioeconomic development in post-conflict situations, as well as to help strengthen democratic institutions and make them effective in a constitutional framework and under the rule of law. Similarly, I also welcome General Assembly resolution 60/251, which created the Human Rights Council. I congratulate the 47 members of the Council, who were elected in May in order to put their