Mesic also stressed that world leaders who attended the 61st session awarded UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who opened the event, with an applause for the ten years that he spent at the helm of the UN.
"Annan received a recognition for everything that he had done for the functioning of the UN and support for reforms that he had been carrying out," said Mesic, adding that reforms were still necessary because "the UN often react too late". The Croatian head of state underlined the importance of bilateral contacts he held on the margins of the meeting, notably in the context of receiving support for Croatia's membership of the Security Council.
Mesic also held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan about the situation in the Near East and measures that were being taken to put an end to violence and establish peace at Israeli-Arab borders.
PM Sanader also said that the presentation of the Croatian delegation in New York was successful, underlining bilateral talks and lobbying for Croatia's Security Council candidacy as well as his participation in a round-table discussion on democracy and civil society development, led by US President George W. Bush.
Ahead of the round-table discussion, Sanader held talks with the presidents of Macedonia, Lithuania, Albania, Georgia, and Latvia.
"On behalf of our country I said that Croatia already belongs to a group of countries that have passed the maturity exam in democracy and that the nongovernmental sector enjoys full support," Sanader said, adding that Croatia today aspired to adopt European and NATO standards.
The Croatian PM told reports he and President Bush did not talks about a concrete date of his announced official visit to the US.
The US Ambassador to Croatia said last week that the visit would be realised by the end of the year. The Croatian Embassy in the US said the visit could take place in October or November.
On Tuesday evening President Mesic attended a reception given by US President Busg for heads of delegations to the UN session.