Reaffirming its determination to strengthen further the role, capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations and thus improve its performance in order to realize the full potential of the Organization, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and to respond more effectively to the needs of Member States and existing and new global challenges facing the United Nations in the twenty-first century,
重申决心按照《联合国宪章》的宗旨和原则，进一步加强联合国的作用、能力、效益和效率，从而改善其工作绩效，以充分发挥联合国的潜力，并对会员国的需要和联合国在二十一世纪面临的现有和新的全球性挑战作出更有效的回应，