Two years ago, I declared that in my view no reform of the United Nations would be complete without reform of the Security Council. That is still my belief,
Likewise, Security Council reform has, for the moment, eluded us, even though everyone broadly agrees that it is long overdue,
I urge you, as world leaders, individually collectively, to keep working on this reform agenda to have patience to persevere, and the vision needed to forge a real consensus,
I think there are lessons for all of us to learn, ... We already have proposals for reforms that will ensure that in future we are better equipped to handle this sort of program.
I have quite a lot of work to do and I'm carrying on with my work, ... We have a major agenda next year and the year ahead, trying to reform this organization, so we'll carry on.
John took so long getting to the U.N. that we put him to work straight away, ... We threw him in at the deep end and he has been working ever since with the other ambassadors on the reform proposals.
Reform is a process, not an event and we are going to continue after the summit
The budget agreed upon today will enable the organization to continue its work uninterrupted while member states pursue the reform proposals adopted during the 2005 world summit.
let us be frank with each other, and the peoples of the United Nations. We have not yet achieved the sweeping and fundamental reform that I, and many others, believe is required. Sharp differences, some of them substantive and legitimate, have played their part in preventing that.
We have not yet achieved the sweeping and fundamental reform that I and many others believe is required.
We must now turn to the next stages in the reform process,