UN General Assembly
1992

It is logical, then, that the changes that have taken place in the world and the new realities being encountered by mankind today make it imperative for the United Nations, a pillar of the joint efforts of nations, to reorganize in order to fulfil its important mission more effectively. From this perspective, my country considers it indispensable that the United Nations should comply fully with the principle of universality and open its doors to those who, for various reasons, have been forced to remain outside it. Of special concern to us is the case of the Republic of China in Taiwan, a democratic community of 21 million people with a brilliant economic development record whose reality cannot continue to be ignored by an Organization that takes pride in having gone beyond the patterns of the cold war. In addition, it is imperative that the structures and procedures of the United Nations be revised to conform with the realities of our times. The Secretary-General, in his outstanding report, "An Agenda for Peace", has