Secretary General Kofi Annan unveiled his blueprint for sweeping UN reforms aimed at making sure the United Nations plays a central role in the global decisions of the 21st century.(AFP/File)

UNITED NATIONS, March 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The following are major points of the report prepared by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for UN reforms.     

    Security     

    -- A UN Security Council resolution laying out guidelines for the use of pre-emptive and preventive force and other military means in resolving issues of international peace and security.     

    -- A universal definition of terrorism.     

    -- The conclusion by UN member states of a convention for fighting nuclear terrorism, followed by a comprehensive conventionon terrorism by the end of September 2006.     

    -- The creation of a special UN rapporteur to report on the compatibility of counter-terrorism measures with international human rights laws.     

    -- A reaffirmation by member states of their commitment to a moratorium on nuclear test explosions, leading to the eventual enforcement of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.     

    -- Guaranteeing supplies of nuclear fuel for civilian use to non-nuclear weapon states, as an incentive to prevent them from developing domestic unranium-enrichment and plutonium-separation capacities.     

    -- The creation of an inter-governmental "Peacebuilding Commission" to help countries emerging from conflict with their transition from war "to lasting peace."     

    UN Structural Reform     

    -- Expansion of the UN Security Council from 15 to 24 members, using one of two formulas to be chosen before a summit of world leaders in New York in September this year.     

    -- A streamlining of the UN General Assembly's agenda and committee structures to rationalize and speed up the decision-making process.     

    Human Rights     

    -- Replacement of the existing UN Commission on Human Rights with a smaller standing Human Rights Council, whose members would be directly elected by the General Assembly.     

    Development     

    -- Each developing country should, by 2006, adopt and begin to implement a national strategy for meeting the Millenium Development Goals of poverty and hunger alleviation by 2015.     

    -- The international community must urgently provide the resources needed for an expanded and comprehensive response to thescourge of HIV/AIDS, as well as the spread of tuberculosis and malaria.     

    -- The launch this year of an International Finance Facility allowing developing countries to borrow money now against commitments of future overseas development aid.     

    -- A redefintion of debt sustainability as the level of debt that allows a county to achieve the Millenium Development Goals and reach 2015 without an increase in debt ratios.     

    -- The Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations should fulfill its development promise and be completed no later than 2006. As a first step, member states should provide duty-free and quota-free market access for all exports from the least developed countries.     

    Natural Disasters     

    -- The establishment of a worldwide early warning system for allnatural hazards, building on existing national and regional capacity. Enditem