In new Millennium goals report Annan urges unity in wake of Iraq war – spokesman
In his latest report on achieving the goals set by the United Nations Millennium Summit of 2000, Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls on the nations of the world to re-forge their unity after the divisions over the Iraq war and agree among themselves on what are the main threats facing humanity, his spokesman said today.
In his latest report on achieving the goals set by the United Nations Millennium Summit of 2000, Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls on the nations of the world to re-forge their unity after the divisions over the Iraq war and agree among themselves on what are the main threats facing humanity, his spokesman said today.
Mr. Annan also says the international community must not flinch from radical reform of the UN itself, as well as other international bodies, if this is necessary to make them more effective, the spokesman added.
The Secretary-General will release the report – titled "Report on the Implementation of the Millennium Declaration 2003" – on Monday when he will hold a news conference at UN Headquarters in New York.
The 2000 summit set a series of Millennium Development Goals, aimed at a series of ambitious targets ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS to providing universal primary education, all by 2015.