Ban calls for ‘stronger UN for a better world’

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September 26, 2007

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened his first annual debate of the General Assembly with a call to global leaders to back efforts to bolster the United Nations.

"Our changing world needs a stronger UN...My vision is an administration focused on results - efficient, directed, pragmatic and accountable, an administration representing excellence, integrity and pride in serving the global good."

Posted by Jessica Valenti at 10:10 AM

September 25, 2008

Halfway to the Millennium Development Goals

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The following appeared as an op-ed in The Guardian Online on Thursday, September 25th.

This week, over 150 world leaders are gathered at the UN for the opening of the general assembly. If recent years are any indication, news outlets will focus on the disagreements aired on Tuesday, when George Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the podium.

But the real drama occurs today (Thursday), when the same global leaders that butted heads earlier in the week take stock of one of the most far-reaching and noble statements of international cooperation ever agreed upon, the millennium development goals.

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