King Mohammed VI calls for reform, invigoration of UN working methods, organs
Morocco-UN, Politics, 9/22/2004

King Mohammed VI of Morocco called in New York Tuesday for the reform and invigoration of the working methods and organs of the United Nations Organization to be able to "manage the current international situation, in a peaceful and civilized way."

In a speech he delivered Tuesday before the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the sovereign questioned the capability of the UN system, in its present form, of "providing effective solutions to remedy the numerous malfunctions disrupting the international order, in a world that is faced with major risks and perils of such magnitude that a renewed multilateral system is required."

The monarch expressed conviction that "the United Nations Organization, which has helped solve countless crises, is perfectly capable of managing the current international situation, in a peaceful and civilized way, by revitalizing the multilateral system. Such an objective, however, can only be achieved if the United Nations Organization is provided with the kind of resources needed to meet the geo-strategic requirements of the XXIst century."

The UN system would then become an ideal forum for negotiation and interaction between cultures and religions," he said, adding that "it would be effectively instrumental in upholding human ideals, enhancing security and stability and promoting sustainable development."

He recalled the context of UN birth, when nations realized it was necessary to establish a global system to govern international relations, within the framework of law and legality, stressing that "setting up an alternative global system would not resolve the problem of the fierce trade wars currently raging worldwide, nor the ethnic conflicts, ideological fanaticism and perils of terrorism, whether latent or apparent."

King Mohammed VI reaffirmed Morocco's commitment to support the emergence of a new multilateral system built on international legality, solidarity and fair social and economic relations, and based on an efficient and dynamic UN system.

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