Q: About what you said yesterday about Security Council reform, how important is it now that Member States kind of push Security Council reform beyond September to December and get the other reforms, like the US and other countries are asking for?

SG: I have always maintained that we should try and make as much progress as we can on the other clusters where they are much closer. So I would hope that, between now and the end of August, they would clear up all the outstanding issues on the other clusters to be able to put a package of decisions before the Member States.

And with regard to the Council, I hope the outcome document, if they are not able to resolve it by September, the outcome document would indicate the importance of reforming the Council, and they need to do it by the end of the year.

Q: That seems completely unlikely that anything then on Security Council reform would happen besides some sort of political statement before September.

SG: I don't think it's realistic, at this stage, to assume that it could not be done at the Summit because there's quite a lot of negotiations and discussions going on amongst the Member States. Ideally, it should be done by September. That was my own initial recommendation. But if that were to slip, I think the Member States should remain focused, determined, and engaged, and try and do it by the end of the year because it is urgent.