It underlines the vital link that exists between gender equality and peace and security in the world.

Enlargement of the Security Council will make it more representative and will strengthen the authority of its decisions.

In that way, voices representing the whole world will be made much stronger, thereby enhancing the legitimacy, credibility and effectiveness of Security Council decisions.

It puts forward good, concrete proposals on the Council's working methods, providing for a significant and meaningful enhancement of the transparency, inclusiveness and legitimacy of the Security Council's work, thereby increasing the Council's effectiveness.

The basic goal of the project was to strengthen global security by reducing the risk of the use of weapons of mass destruction.

Calls for tighter security for high activity radioactive sources.

On the contrary, it would enormously improve the relevance of the lack of basic security in defining extreme poverty.

We endorse comprehensive reform of the Security Council to make it more broadly representative and more transparent so as to enhance the legitimacy of its decisions and its effectiveness.

The European Union stresses the importance of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, and also their peer review mechanisms.

Enhancing the representative character of the Security Council should not erode its effectiveness.

In particular, I would like to emphasize a qualitatively new side to national security.

Canada believes that those and other changes to the Council's working methods could very much enhance its legitimacy and effectiveness.

While stressing the importance of the revitalization of the General Assembly and the need to restore the political stature of the General Assembly and strengthen the role of the Economic and Social Council, Finland strongly supports the reform and the enlargement of the Security Council.

In the context of reform, it is imperative to strengthen the General Assembly and enhance its role, which complements that of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security.

The importance of the safety and security of international civil servants was also emphasized.

Reaffirming the importance of enhancing the safety of navigation, as well as the necessity for cooperation in this regard,

NAM reaffirms the importance of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security, adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 1970, which, inter alia, emphasizes the need for the United Nations to exert continuous efforts for the strengthening of international peace and security.

Switzerland strongly favours enlargement of the Security Council.

In his remarks at the opening of the Forum, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari emphasized the precariousness of global security.

The European Security Strategy of 2003 highlighted the threat posed by terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

I, too, have underlined the importance of providing the Council with accurate global information.

The Commission stressed the seriousness and global nature of the problem of amphetamine type stimulants.

Stressing the importance of ensuring the safety of United Nations personnel and United Nations equipment,

The more global the world economy becomes, the greater the pressures on firms to globalize.

Pakistan has taken additional steps to augment the safety and security of nuclear installations and to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

We therefore stress the importance of the Counter Terrorism Committee and the Security Council Committee on the non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and resolution 1540 (2004) respectively.

Canada welcomes the recent adoption of Security Council resolution 1625 (2005) and its declaration on strengthening the effectiveness of the Security Council's role in the prevention of armed conflict.

Accordingly, we wish to stress the centrality and importance of the Court's advisory opinions, as requested by the Security Council or the General Assembly.

Underlining the continued importance of enhanced cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,

Underlining the continued importance of enhanced coordination and cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,

Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well being of all children in the whole Middle East region,

Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well being of all children in the whole Middle East region,

Discussions of reform and expansion of the Council must emphasize the need to strengthen not weaken  the Council's ability to act.

The possibility of strengthening security arrangements with the CIS peacekeeping force was not considered by either side.

59. The minimum standards regarding safety and healthy working conditions are imperative.

Two other fundamental and inter related security challenges in the region the Arab Israeli conflict and the growing danger of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) also must be resolved in order to ensure that the Middle East s historic transformation leads to security, stability, and prosperity. Here, the recent violence in Gaza has once again demonstrated the risk of an all out regional conflict.

I therefore earnestly believe that the role of the United Nations in Africa can be enhanced by encouraging Africa's representation in the Security Council.

Underlining the need to promote the universality of the Convention and thereby strengthen the safety and security of United Nations and associated personnel,

Emphasizing the universal and unified character of the Convention and its fundamental importance for the maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security, as well as for the sustainable development of the oceans and seas,

Emphasizing the universal and unified character of the Convention and its fundamental importance for the maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security, as well as for the sustainable development of the oceans and seas,

Emphasizing the universal and unified character of the Convention and its fundamental importance for the maintenance and strengthening of international peace and security, as well as for the sustainable development of the oceans and seas,

Albania attaches special significance to the issues of disarmament and of halting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with a view to strengthening international security.

Non proliferation is a powerful factor within this global security context that still has not come about.

The High level Plenary Meeting of the Assembly also reaffirmed the importance of the participation of regional organizations in the work of the Security Council and stressed the need to strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and such organizations in all areas.

Recognizing the indivisible character of security in the Mediterranean and that the enhancement of cooperation among Mediterranean countries with a view to promoting the economic and social development of all peoples of the region will contribute significantly to stability, peace and security in the region,