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UPDATED: 12:53, March 20, 2005
Main proposals in Annan's report on sweeping UN reforms
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The following are main proposals in a key report Secretary-General Kofi Annan will present to the General Assembly Monday on revitalizing the United Nations.

Annan hopes the 63-page report, dubbed "In Larger Freedom: Towards Security, Development and Human Rights for All," will set an agenda for the September UN summit. An eight-page annex to the report contains all his recommendations for decision by world leaders.

Freedom from want

-- Developed countries that have not already done so establish timetables to achieve the 0.7 percent target of gross national income for official development assistance by no later than 2015, starting with significant increases no later than 2006, and reaching at least 0.5 percent by 2009.

-- Complete the World Trade Organization Doha trade round no later than 2006 with full commitment to realizing its development focus.

-- Provide immediate duty-free and quota free market access for all exports from the Least Developed Countries.

-- Launch a series of "Quick Win" initiatives, such as free distribution of malaria bed-nets and elimination of user fees for primary education, to realize major immediate progress toward the Millennium Development Goals.

Freedom from fear

-- Affirm and implement a new security consensus based on the recognition that threats are interlinked and no state can protect itself acting entirely alone.

-- Pledge full compliance with the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and conventions on biological, toxin and chemical weapons.

-- Conclude a comprehensive convention on terrorism by September 2006, which includes a definition of terrorism.

-- Asks the Security Council to adopt a resolution setting out principles for the use of force, including pre-emptive action.

-- Establish an inter-governmental peacebuilding commission and a peacebuilding fund to help post-conflict countries restore lasting peace.

Freedom to live in dignity

-- Embrace the "responsibility to protect" as a basis for collective action against genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity if national authorities are unwilling or unable to protect their citizens.

-- Create a UN Democracy Fund to provide funding and technical assistance to emerging democracies.

Strengthening the UN

-- Reform the Security Council to make it more broadly representative of the international community and the geopolitical realities of today. Take a decision on the council expansion before the September summit.

-- Upgrade the Human Rights Commission to a standing Human Rights Council, whose members should abide by the highest standards.

-- Adopt a plan to revitalize the General Assembly by rationalizing its work and streamlining its agenda, structure and procedures.

-- Mandate the Economic and Social Council to hold annual ministerial-level meeting to assess progress toward millennium development goals.

-- Endorse management reforms Annan is undertaking to make the Secretariat more accountable, transparent and efficient.

-- Review the UN watchdog, the Office of Internal Oversight Services, to enhance its independence and authority, as well as its expertise and capacity.

-- Eliminate references to "enemy states" in the UN Charter and delete the chapter on The Trusteeship Council.


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