UN launches the Global Compact with major corporations

The summit adopted a declaration and action programme addressing development, finance, trade, technology and international cooperation. Its agenda extended the Bandung-era demand for economic as...

The UN General Assembly special session reviewed implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Women’s organizations and developing states pressed for resources and substantive equality, while...

The special session adopted a political declaration and further actions to implement the Beijing Platform. The outcome reaffirmed commitments but left persistent gaps in funding, representation and...

The agreement replaced the Lomé framework and reshaped aid and trade relations between Europe and African, Caribbean and Pacific states. Its partnership language coexisted with unequal bargaining...

Resolution 1308 recognized the epidemic’s potential effects on stability and peacekeeping. Developing countries and health advocates emphasized that the crisis required affordable medicines,...

Leaders met to discuss peace, development, human rights and UN reform. Many developing countries treated poverty, debt and unequal participation as structural global issues, while summit commitments...

The declaration committed states to development, peace, human rights and a stronger multilateral system. Its goals were ambitious, but the declaration did not resolve disputes over debt, trade rules...

Resolution 1325 called for women’s participation in conflict prevention, peace processes and post-conflict reconstruction. It followed years of organizing by women’s movements and set a global...

Delegates from least developed countries assessed poverty, debt, trade barriers and development commitments. The conference provided a platform for poorer states to demand accountable partnership...

The programme set commitments for 2001-2010 on poverty reduction, trade, aid and productive capacity. Its results depended on delivery by both LDC governments and international partners, a recurring...