| Description | In April 2004, the President of Mexico invited his counterparts of Germany, Algeria, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pakistan, Singapore and Sweden, to form a group of countries that would promote an integral reform of the United Nations.
The reason behind this initiative is the general feeling that the multilateral system is experiencing a time of crisis and is insufficient to address the threats and challenges of today. Since its inception, the Group has met regularly at Ambassadorial level and once at Ministerial level. The Ministerial meeting took place on 23rd September 2004 in the context of the General Debate of the 59th General Assembly of the United Nations by invitation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Luis Ernesto Derbez.
At the current stage, the Group of Friends is focused on analyzing the different components of reform and on conceiving a diplomatic strategy that would assure its progress. The Group aims to reach an integral understanding of the reform process that would allow the United Nations to address the most delicate challenges and threats of each historical cycle, not focusing exclusively on the composition of the Security Council. |