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"Mr President, I would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Laschet, for the work he has done. It is difficult to achieve a broad consensus between the different groups and delegations on such a complex issue as the reform of the United Nations. This reform involves many important issues.
I will restrict myself essentially to three aspects. Firstly, the need for effective multilateralism in order to deal with the problems of the international community. No single country or single group of countries can say everything, but rather we need a multilateral approach, and multilateralism requires representative and effective institutions. Hence the importance and the need for a reform of the United Nations.
Secondly, the reform of the United Nations Security Council, the body that is essential to maintaining international peace and security. Its representativeness must be increased and its operation improved, but I do not believe the best solution to be the so-called ‘model A’, that is to say increasing the number of permanent members, an idea which I believe to be rather anachronistic.
One essential objective clearly taken up in Mr Laschet’s report, is that the European Union itself should sit on the Security Council of the United Nations. This objective is entirely consistent with the idea of a common foreign and security policy, and it will be even more so if the constitutional treaty enters into force. But if the model that is finally accepted in New York is that of allowing new permanent members, I believe that the new seat should be for the European Union.
I find it particularly striking that, at a time when so much is being said about a common foreign and security policy, or a future foreign affairs minister, this issue, surprisingly, is not being debated in the Council of the Union; the European Union's presence on the United Nations Security Council is not being debated in the Council and, today, the representative of the Council – I do not know if he is listening – appears not to have mentioned this issue.
Given the fundamental importance of the reform of the United Nations Organisation, and in particular of its Security Council, I believe that it should be approved on the basis of the broadest possible consensus. A reform of this significance should not be implemented on the basis of just a two-thirds majority, because that is not reasonable. A greater consensus is needed.
Thirdly, I am pleased that the report stresses the fight against terrorism and, in this regard, I will not just emphasise Resolution 1373, but also the importance of assisting the victims of terrorism. Resolution 1566 has also taken a first step in this direction.
We must continue to improve and to make progress in this direction."@en1
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