UN General Assembly
2011

necessary reforms so as to reaffirm its inherent nature as a universal, democratic and equitable representative body. In this way, its powers will be recognized and will take precedence over those of other bodies in the Organization, such as the Security Council, in order to underscore the processes that help to overcome violence and globalized social injustice and build the multipolar, democratic and egalitarian world that we so greatly desire. In the same vein, democratizing the Security Council is becoming an increasingly urgent task. We urge the Council to fulfil its primary role of promoting world peace and avoiding war, which is why it must be reformed and become more democratic. We must accord greater legitimacy to the Council by making it more representative of the new multilateral and multipolar world order, and by gradually doing away with veto rights. We must express our concern, here before the General Assembly, regarding the actions taken in Libya under resolution 1973 (2011) of the Security Council and in the context of the responsibility to protect. We