UN Must Evolve With Times, Undertake Needed Reforms, General Assembly President Says

© AP Photo / Adam RountreeIn this Sept. 13, 2005, file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
In this Sept. 13, 2005, file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in New York. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 05.09.2023
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in August that it is necessary to reform the UN Security Council and the entire Bretton Woods financial system to make them relevant to the contemporary global economic and political developments.
Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, on Tuesday called on the United Nations to evolve with the times and undertake much needed reforms of key UN bodies.
"Times are evolving and this organization must evolve with them," Korosi said. "We must reform how the General Assembly functions. The same is true for the Security Council."
In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 24.08.2023
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While the UN Charter does not make undertaking reforms easy, the United Nations task is to apply it until it is changed, particularly in regard to its selective application on conflict management as well as genocide and other war crimes, Korosi said.
"If we do not, the Security Council will be more of a problem than a solution," Korosi added.
In late August, UN chief Antonio Guterres said that the current global structures of governments reflect "the world of yesterday."
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