Ban lays out 2008 agenda

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January 7, 2008

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has outlined the UN's 2008 agenda, with an emphasis on peacekeeping, pre-emptive diplomacy, and climate change.

"If the challenges ahead appear daunting, let us remember that great expectations are placed on us...The world recognizes the indispensable nature of the United Nations. Let us take heart from the fact that multilateralism is alive and well and in greater demand than ever - that people look to us for global solutions to global problems."

Posted by Jessica Valenti at 9:38 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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