From fighting poverty to building a safer world, UN chief outlines priorities for 2011

From fighting poverty to building a safer world, UN chief outlines priorities for 2011

14 January 2011 – From promoting sustainable development and mitigating climate change to empowering women to keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today laid out the United Nations agenda for the coming year.

“Success in rising to the challenge does not belong to any one of us,” he told the 192-member General Assembly, listing eight priorities for 2011.

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