International Organisations

P rocesses While the case for reform has widespread support, getting agreement on what to do is difficult. Let us examine the debate over reform of the UN Security Council. In , the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution. The resolution reflected three main complaints: The Security Council no longer represents contemporary political realities. Its decisions reflect only Western values and interests and are dominated by a few powers. It lacks equitable representation. In view of these growing demands for the restructuring of the UN, on January , the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan initiated an inquiry into how the Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, launches UN @ to celebrate the 70th Anniversary in New Delhi in (UN Photo/Mark Garten)