Development tops Migiro's talks with top Albanian officials
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight globally agreed anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline, were the focus of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro's meetings today with Albania's President and other senior officials.
UN survey finds large companies upbeat about investment prospects
Multinational corporations are increasingly optimistic about future investment and are looking beyond the global financial crisis, according to a new survey released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
UN chief urges investment forum participants to promote development goals
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged participants in a United Nations forum to do their part to make international investment work for the development of all humankind, especially in pursuit of the social and economic targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Technology can help shave costs for local governments, Ban says
As the ramifications of the global economic crisis continue to reverberate worldwide, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the cost-cutting potential of new uses of information and communication technology (ICT) for local governments.