ECOSOC Discusses Role of Sustainable Development in “The Future We Want”
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a special ministerial meeting on how best to strengthen the world’s multilateral system to better promote sustainable development at UN Headquarters in New York today. It is a follow-up on actions to implement the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) outcome, “The Future We Want.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses meeting participants. Also at the table are Wu Hongbo (left), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Miloš Koterec, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the UN and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).