With eyes fixed on 2015, General Assembly takes up annual report on UN’s work | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

The United Nations General Assembly today discussed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report on the work of the Organization, which covers a range of issues and calls for renewed efforts to address peace and security challenges and to encourage development aspirations.

“While we can take satisfaction that millions of people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, too many more continue to suffer from privation, insecurity and inequality,” Mr. Ban said in the introduction to his report. “This is unacceptable in a world in which opportunities and wealth abound and in which technology has empowered us and shrunk the distances between us.”

The report comes as the General Assembly steps up efforts to assess progress in reaching the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline, and to define a new sustainable development agenda beyond that date. In addition, 2015 is the year in which governments will agree on a universal climate change agreement to follow up on the Kyoto Protocol.

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