Ban urges African forum to focus on economy

In 2000, member countries of the United Nations pledged to create a more peaceful, prosperous and just world and to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty. The Millennium Development ...

The United Nations has launched a post-2015 development agenda, containing a new framework that will build on the Millennium Development Goals and that aims for five major transformational shifts across the globe. In a statement, UN Secretary ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the peacekeeping center of the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing on Wednesday. Wang Jing / China Daily Ban Ki-moon lauds troops' commitment, bravery and contribution The courage and solidarity of ...

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is mobilising global action towards the greatest challenge of our time: sustainable development. It is a call that the world must heed. It is no longer good enough for economies simply to grow. We ...

In line with the atrocious bombing, a worldwide "petition calling for urgent action to ensure the right of every child to safely attend to school" was launched and supported by the United Nations Special Envoy for Education. Ms. Yousafzai was the ...

A promising start. That's how many call the 12 new goals proposed by a panel of leaders handpicked by the United Nations to frame the future development agenda, while others fear that the targets could get watered down as we get closer to the 2015 ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday stressed the importance of sustainability while launching a report that outlines a global development framework for the period after 2015. In a statement released here ...

At the onset of the 21st Century, the United Nations fashioned a set of goals to accelerate global growth and development in human rights, rule of law, humanitarian aid, democracy, and the economy - mainly in the developing and underdeveloped ...

UNITED NATIONS. — Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent battling extreme poverty and disease since 2000 and now the United Nations is lining up a new war on the social distress still suffered by huge numbers around the world. Ideas on ...