UN General Assembly
2011

pirates, as was recently the case in the waters off Benin and Togo. I call for stricter cooperation among all countries to effectively combat this new phenomenon. As I just said we need to rethink the role of the United Nations. While it is widely acknowledged that nothing can replace the Organization, it is just as true that, 65 years after it was established, the United Nations needs to be reformed. My country therefore calls on Member States to pursue and conclude the process of Security Council reform, which began more than 15 years ago. Like the majority of Member States, Togo hopes that this General Assembly session will provide us an opportunity to take decisive steps with regard to Council reform. In so doing, we have the opportunity to correct flagrant and unacceptable injustices and to make the Security Council truly representative of all the regions of the world, thereby making it better placed to resolve the crises and conflicts that we face. With regard to the process of replacing non-permanent members of the Council, the Assembly