Millennium Summit brings world leaders to the United Nations

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,...

Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched a voluntary initiative asking companies to align with principles on labor, human rights, environment and anti-corruption. Its model of corporate partnership...

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...

The session sought a global response to the epidemic, which disproportionately affected poorer countries with limited access to treatment and public-health resources. Delegates debated prevention,...