UN General Assembly
1992

Global Environmental Facility to make it transparent and flexible in order to achieve a wider coverage and scope in its operations, especially with regard to the financing of Agenda 21 programmes. The Malawi delegation would like to add its voice to the debate on the restructuring and reform of the United Nations system. The aims of the reform include eliminating the duplication of functions and rationalizing and revitalizing the Organization's operations. Malawi supports the initiatives which the Secretary-General is taking. Change is an on-going process and is necessary if the United Nations is to be able to respond effectively to the new challenges and opportunities that are so evident in this post-cold-war However, Malawi is of the view that these on-going changes should not lead to a deviation from the purposes and principles of the Charter. It is in this vein that the Malawi delegation welcomes the measures taken to restructure and revitalize the Economic and Social Council as well as the establishment of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, which is already