UN General Assembly
1992

play as a catalyst of the new global agenda. But the Organization still has many of the features inherited from the cold-war period. Reforms must move forward with prudence and patience, but also with the certainty that the decision-making mechanisms of the United Nations will be more democratic, more equal, more representative and more effective. Only then will we be able to advance the future role of the United Nations. The "Agenda for Peace" presented by the Secretary-General is certainly a guideline for our achievement of these objectives. In the past, when the world was divided into two- irreconcilable poles, it was almost impossible to reach agreement even on the simplest of ideas. But now conditions exist for multilateral organizations to become the principal actors of the new world order. But here too we must call for caution. The key problems of the new world agenda cannot be resolved without the active participation of developing nations. This new principal role in the management of the international agenda must be recognized by the