UN General Assembly
2007

Given its great significance, I would like to refer to Security Council resolution 1770 (2007), on the subject of Iraq, which was adopted on 10 August 2007. That resolution has partly restored to the United Nations its rightful role in addressing Iraq’s tragedy, after it was proven that it is no longer possible for that matter to remain confined to a single State or to a coalition of States of converging interests. The world’s major conflicts have become far too big for a single Power to handle them on its own. Responsibility for addressing them should therefore be placed with the United Nations, as it constitutes the political embodiment of the international community’s principles, laws and broad aspirations to peacebuilding and to achieving progress on the basis of the rule of law and the will of those upholding its authority. If the role of the United Nations is to be more effective, its structure must be reformed to adapt to the changes that have taken place in the world since the adoption of the