UN General Assembly
2009

additional non-permanent seat to the Eastern European Group. By virtue of the primary responsibility of the Security Council laid down in the United Nations Charter, its reform should also contain provisions for consolidating United Nations operational capacities in the field and revitalizing peacekeeping operations in order to make them more effective and capable of achieving their goals, including the development of cooperation with regional organizations and Member States for the resolution of conflicts in various areas of the globe. Building a safer world requires the greater commitment of Member States in the area of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. We have recently witnessed a historic summit of the Security Council, which voted to stop the spread of nuclear arms and endorsed a broad framework of action to reduce global nuclear dangers. The Republic of Moldova welcomes the results of the most recent Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and looks forward to continued positive trends in the work of the Conference on Disarmament and the Preparatory