UN General Assembly
2013

and credibility, and it can be achieved only by taking into account the contemporary geopolitical reality, which differs from that of 1945. Only a Security Council reformed in that way can have full authority and responsibility in addressing the most important issues of international peace and security. That is the mandate entrusted to the Council by the Charter of the United Nations. Dialogue and compromise are the best way to ensure the widest possible support, and Bosnia and Herzegovina supports the opinion that Security Council reform should be moved from a standstill as soon as possible. We also believe that a reformed Security Council should have an additional seat for a State from the Eastern European Group, as the number of countries in that group has more than doubled in the past two decades. In accordance with that position, I would also like to emphasize that more engagement in preventative diplomacy is expected from the Security Council. We believe that more activity in the area of preventive diplomacy would help solve many problems and crises