The critical need for Security Council reform is being expressed by a number of nations at the UN, as the 62^nd session comes to an end and the 63^rd session of the General Assembly gets underway. Describing this urgency, Philippines Ambassador to the UN, Hilario Davide told the Security Council Open Debate on its Working Methods held in late August:

 “Calls for changes and reforms in the Security Council are becoming louder and stronger. In due course, it may even become irresistible,”

 (Security Council meeting, August 27, 2008, S/PV.5968 Resumption 1, p. 8, and longer statement distributed by Ambassador at meeting) (1)

 I – Problem of Equitable Expansion of Security Council Facing Council

 The 61^st session of the General Assembly ended on September… weiter lesen