The Security Council is not the only organ requiring reform. The General Assembly, in which 184 states participate, also needs to be reinvigorated, and it must coordinate its activities more closely with those of other UN agencies. In addressing these issues, which have profound implications for the future of humankind, it is necessary to continue to work toward the functional and organizational strengthening of the Economic and Social Council. The Trusteeship Council, by contrast, has completed its historic mission, and it is my view that it would be appropriate in the context of the reform of the United Nations as a whole to consider its abolishment. Building on the creation of the Office of Internal Oversight Services at the last General Assembly session, we must redouble our efforts to promote administrative and budgetary reform.
Japan continues to seek their deletion from the text of the UN Charter.
If the United Nations pursues reform to meet the changing needs of the times, and supports and expands cooperation among its Member States, I have every confidence that it will enhance its legitimacy as a universal organization and develop a capacity to respond to new challenges even more effectively. In closing, I would like to call upon all Member States to cooperate to ensure that this will be remembered as the historic General Assembly session that ushered in a new era for the United Nations.