وعلى الرغم من هذه الإنجازات فقد شهد المجلس خلال العام الماضي الذي فصلنا عن دورة الجمعية العامة تساؤلات جدية تتعلق بدوره وفاعليته.
In the year prior to this session, the Security Council addressed important issues related to its role and competence, such as its failure to prevent the war against Iraq and to end the barbaric Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territories.