United Nations, in accordance with their respective mandates. A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually could allow for direct election of UN parliament members by citizens all over the world. In the General Debate of the 65th General Assembly, Jorge Valero, representing Venezuela, said "The United Nations has exhausted its model and it is not simply a matter of proceeding with reform, the twenty-first century demands deep changes that are only possible with a rebuilding of this organisation." He pointed to the futility of resolutions concerning the Cuban embargo and the Middle East conflict as reasons for the UN model having failed. Venezuela also called for the suspension of veto rights in the Security Council because it was a "remnant of the Second World War [it] is incompatible with the principle of sovereign equality of States". Reform of the United Nations General Assembly includes proposals to change the powers and composition of the U.N. General Assembly. This could include, for example, tasking the Assembly with evaluating how well member states implement UNGA resolutions, increasing the power of the assembly vis-à-vis the United Nations Security Council, or making debates more constructive and less repetitive. Sidelines of the General Assembly The annual session of the United Nations General Assembly is accompanied by independent meetings between world leaders, better known as meetings taking place on the sidelines of the Assembly meeting. The diplomatic congregation has also since evolved into a week attracting wealthy and influential individuals from around the world to New York City to address various agendas, ranging from humanitarian and environmental to business and political. See also History of the United Nations List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Reform of the United Nations United Nations Interpretation Service United Nations System References External links United Nations General Assembly Webcast archive for the UN General Assembly Subsection of the overall UN webcast site Verbatim record of the 1st session of the UN General Assembly, Jan. 1946 UN Democracy: hyper linked transcripts of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council UN General Assembly – Documentation Research Guide Council on Foreign Relations: The Role of the UN General Assembly United Nations organs Organizations established in 1945 1945 establishments in New York City