Jeffrey D. Sachs
01-03-2007 | Economic Development
The Secretary-General's Agenda: Indispensable For Sustainable Development
Global sustainable development and security are deeply interconnected, a fact that is increasingly recognized by world leaders. Sustainable development signifies the challenge of combining economic development with environmental sustainability.
Jean Gazarian
01-03-2007 | Secretary-General
The Role of The Secretary-General: A Personal History
Ban Ki-moon has taken the most impossible job in the world, as Trygve Lie famously said about the role of the Secretary-General. The Charter of the United Nations included the Secretariat among its principal organs, most certainly to grant some political prerogatives to the Secretary-General.