Last year on UN Day 2001, a little over a month after the terror strikes of 11 September, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged “the entire United Nations family to stay true to our mission, and to work harder than ever to alleviate suffering in every part of the world. As the world confronts a new challenge, old ones remain. The United Nations is more central than ever to creating a better and safer world for all.”

UN Day is a special day for the UN family, and the UN Chronicle team extends to its colleagues in the UN system its greetings and best wishes. Here are some of the articles published in the Chronicle on what the world expects, and needs, of the United Nations.

Issue 2, 2002

• “Transcending Difference: The United Nations Role”
  by Sherin Saadallah

Issue 4, 2000

• “Managing the Globalization Process:
  The UN in the New Century ”
  by Carlos Lopez, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP

Issue 3, 2000

• “United Nations Millennium Declaration”, resolution adopted by the General Assembly, 8 September 2000·



• “Initiating a Global Council: Shift from Domestic to Development Issues”
  by Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General of the
  World Trade Organization

Issue 4, 1999

• “Looking Back. Looking Ahead: The United Nations and Global Challenges”
  by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Issue 4, 1997

• “The United Nations Information System and the
  World-Citizen”
  by Inocencio F. Arias, Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations

These stories and more can be found at UN Chronicle Online at www.un.org/chronicle.

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