International Youth Forum in Bandung, Indonesia

An International Youth Forum on the theme 'The role of youth: action on the Millennium Development Goals toward a peaceful world' brought 138 young people from 36 countries to Bandung, Indonesia 23-30 June 2008.

Peace, Bread and Health

Mohamed Sahnoun from Algeria

I see no way of achieving daily bread for all without a world trade market which is genuinely open, and a collective effort to check poverty both at home and abroad, as set by the Millennium Development Goals.

The UN at 60

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On the 60th anniversary of its creation, Sir Richard Jolly reviews the chequered history of the world’s foremost intergovernmental body.

A Global Challenge

Mark Perera

We the peoples of the United Nations determined...to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,’ begins the UN Charter.