UN General Assembly
2010

monitored, and efficiency needs to be improved. We are also contributing to United Nations efforts to strengthen peacebuilding in practice, including the need for better participation of women in peacebuilding. Of course, the response of the United Nations to crises has not always been successful. It is for this reason that New Zealand has strongly supported the responsibility to protect (R2P). We were pleased to contribute to the proposed joint Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide/R2P office and look forward to the more comprehensive implementation of R2P throughout the United Nations system. Effective pursuit of these goals — countering terrorism and maintaining peace and security — demands coordinated, collective action. The United Nations is the best vehicle for that action. New Zealand has been, and remains, proud to be a part of that community of collective action. In line with that commitment, New Zealand is seeking a seat on the Security Council for the 2015-2016 term. In doing so, 10-54965 52 we will work with others here who want the world to be a safer and more prosperous place.