UN General Assembly
2001

know that the United Nations needs to improve its capacity to respond to conflicts more effectively. And we need to move forward with the peacekeeping reform process. The recognition implicit in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations means that more than ever, we need to modernize and strengthen our Organization. We fully support the current efforts to review and revitalize the working methods of the General Assembly. We commend most highly the work of the General Assembly’s Open-ended Working Group on reform of the Security Council and its Bureau. Difficult and critical issues remain. But we need to maintain the political momentum provided in the Millennium Summit for comprehensive reform of the Security Council. Membership of the Council, both permanent and non-permanent, needs to be enlarged to reflect the 10 realities of the present time and to enhance its role and effectiveness. Finally, let me refer to the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly, in 1999, that reviewed the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing