[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban: 2015's big issues are "development, peace and human rights"

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Security Council approves campaign against Rwandan rebel group Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   January 9, 2015 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban: 2015's big issues are "development, peace and human rights" Governments have an opportunity to move people out of poverty through the Sustainable Development Goals and other measures, said Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general, to the General Assembly on Thursday. "2015 is a chance for major advances across the three interconnected pillars of our work: development, peace and human rights," he said. 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