Secretary-General Addresses Assembly on 2013 UN Challenges and Priorities
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the General Assembly on what the UN and Member States have achieved together over the past year and “where concerted action today can yield great gains tomorrow.” Among the challenges and priorities he cited for 2013 were the situations in Syria, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as progress on sustainable development, particularly on achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Also pictured (from right): Vuk Jeremić, President of the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly; Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson; and Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General.