UN General Assembly
2001

distinction he has recently been awarded. The Nobel Peace Prize that he has received is both a recognition of his unassailable competence and dedication as well as a reflection of the value of the United Nations and the trust placed in it by the entire world. Our Organization is being confronted with new concerns every day. It is called on to keep up with the pace of international change in order to better fulfil its mission as a regulator of inter-State relations, a facilitator of negotiations and a catalyst of development. The United Nations remains the supreme decision-making body and the main guarantor of world peace and security. Madagascar supports profound reform and a streamlining of the Organization’s institutional structure in order to improve its performance. Madagascar remains convinced and confident, however, that our Organization is still a privileged platform for the exchange and harmonization of views. Creating together a climate of world peace and harmony; struggling in unity against poverty, the AIDS pandemic, transnational crime and environmental degradation; building in concert a better future for the