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"Mr President, we must never forget that the collective interest is the national interest, especially in a world full of terrorism.
One of the most important functions of the United Nations is the delivery of its aid to the less developed world. Corruption and a lack of transparency erode public support. A fundamental reform is needed of what the United Nations does with its aid delivery. For the first time, Internet technology has made it possible to bring transparency into the raising of international aid funding in the donor countries and the delivery of aid in the recipient countries. We must be able to see how the aid is being spent, brick by brick. A closer involvement by citizens through the Internet will create a new driving force for the effective delivery of aid and for holding governments, the United Nations and other NGOs accountable.
Civil strife and gross violations of human rights are the principal obstacles to United Nations development objectives. One civil war can undo decades of development effort. It is therefore essential to give our full backing to the work of the international criminal courts and to make it clear that anyone who commits crimes against humanity will be personally called to account for his or her action.
The United Nations must be able to anticipate and prevent. It must be a peace-builder and a peacekeeper. On 24 February, this Parliament passed a unanimous resolution demanding that Nigeria surrender to the United Nations international court the former President of Liberia, who has been charged with war crimes by the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone. Why has the United Nations Security Council failed to reinforce this demand with a mandatory resolution under Chapter VII? The United Nations Commission on Human Rights must be replaced with a stronger human rights council, with membership barred to nations with poor human rights records.
Finally, the United Nations must return to its roots. It must reform a stagnant bureaucracy. It must sweep away a dysfunctional committee. It must focus on an active United Nations parliamentary assembly, a good governance and democracy promotion unit. It must become the three pillars: peace and security, justice and human rights, and development."@en1
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