UN General Assembly
2006

more accountable and more responsible, to ensure that taxpayers get full value for their money and to pursue a clear, focused agenda that produces tangible results. The United Nations should accept nothing less. (spoke in English) This Organization must become more accountable and more effective. Management reform must continue, and at an accelerated pace. The taxpayers of Member nations, Canadians among them, make significant financial contributions to this Organization. They have the right to expect stronger, 23 06-52988 more independent oversight mechanisms, more robust accountability for how funds are spent, and human resources practices that are based on merit. (spoke in French) I have just described the tests by which this Organization will be judged. Canada wants this to be a positive judgment. We were there when the United Nations was founded. Like the other countries, we were motivated by a pressing need to establish a new international consensus in a world devastated by war. And, like the others, we were motivated by our own pragmatic interests and noble aspirations for all of