UN General Assembly
2018

As leaders we have a collective responsibility to do more and better in order to render our Organization even more relevant and effective for all. To do so, the United Nations requires reforms that will lead to a peaceful, inclusive, equitable and sustainable international community. In that regard, Mali welcomes the reforms initiated by the Secretary-General in the spheres of development, peace and security. However, we need to reinforce those initiatives by agreeing to also reform some of the principal organs, including the Security Council and the General Assembly, including when it comes to their respective compositions and working methods. It is also at the cost of those essential reforms that we will collectively be able to fulfil the deepest aspirations of our peoples and to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, as stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations.