Q: [On the 60th Anniversary] Can you give us just a little bit more on the status of the Organization and the importance of the report?

SG: I think it is important that we do reform and adapt the Organization for the 21st century, and luckily the Member States have solid proposals before them. And I hope in this anniversary year we will all recognize a need for renewal; the need to adapt the Organization; to strengthen the institution, and I hope that when the leaders come in September, they will take the bold decisions that are required.

Q: [inaudible question on Security Council reform].

SG:…..lots of discussions on the other issues, whether it's [the]Human Rights Council, whether it's a responsibility to protect, whether there is a Peacebuilding Commission - - there are lots of other discussions going on. One hears a lot more about the Security Council, but the others are also on track. We are dealing in clusters, and the other clusters are making progress and I still hope that by September we will have good results at the Summit.

Q: Is talking to the insurgents in Iraq a good thing or a bad thing?

SG: I think everybody agrees that it is essential that one makes a process in Iraq as inclusive and participatory as possible and also try to reconcile the Iraqis. I think reconciliation and participation is part of the process, so if one can pull as many people in, it is important, because there is no military solution. You have to, as such, you need to bring in everyone.

Q: Including the Americans speaking to the insurgents?

SG: I think it's part of the process to try and resolve this politically and I think to try to explain to everyone in Iraq what they have to gain by coming into the process. So I have no difficulties with that. I think it is the correct thing to do.