UN General Assembly
2006

suffer the ravages of disease and war; and that basic necessities of life, taken for granted by most of us, remained unattainable by so many. We also recognized that unless we developed appropriate partnerships to deal with these problems they would persist, to our collective shame. At this, our sixty-first session, we reaffirm our commitment to this notion of partnership as a significant modality for the attainment of our common goals. Saint Lucia is satisfied that the idea of partnership accommodates the spirit of multilateralism, which is the defining principle of our relationship within the United Nations. This multilateralist spirit must constantly be safeguarded and fortified, and that can only be accomplished by a strong and confident United Nations. Saint Lucia takes this opportunity to once again express its determined support for the programmes of reform of the United Nations, designed as these are to create the capacity and conditions for the exercise of a strong central role by the United Nations within the international community. We salute the achievements to date, namely, the replacement of the moribund