Annual Review of United Nations Affairs 2014/2015

Joachim Müller is Director for Management and Finance at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna. He was previously with the UN system for 30 years as Director for Resource Management at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Controller at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, at the UN Secretariat, New York, and at the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna. He has been a UN election observer in Namibia and Angola and written extensively on UN reform and management, including The Challenge of Working Together (2010), The Struggle for Legitimacy and Effectiveness (2006), The Quiet Revolution (2001), and New Initiatives and Past Efforts (1997). He has a doctorate (D.Phil.) in Economics and Management Studies from Oxford University, Nuffield College.Karl P. Sauvant is Resident Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School and Guest Professor at Nankai University, China. He was the Founding Executive Director of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, the predecessor of the CCSI, and Director of UNCTAD's Investment Division. He is the author of, or responsible for, a substantial number of publications. He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and an Honorary Fellow of the European International Business Academy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.

• Foreword: The Sustainable Development Goals: Global Commitments for a Better World by Amina Mohammed, Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development PlanningPreface to the Annual Review of United Nations 2014/2015 by Joachim Müller and Karl P. SauvantContributors and Co-editorsCalendar of Conferences and Meetings of the United Nations, September 16, 2014, to September 14, 2015List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: General AssemblyA. Commentary by Professor John R. Mathiason: The General Assembly--Agreeing about What the World's Future Should BeB. Regular Documentation1. Statement to the General Assembly by Mr Sam Kahamba Kutesa, President of the General Assembly, following the opening of the sixty-ninth session, A/69/PV.1, September 16, 2014, pp. 1-32. Statement to the General Assembly by Mr Sam Kahamba Kutesa, President of the General Assembly, on the closing of the sixty-ninth session, A/69/PV.105, September 14, 2015, pp. 10-123. Agenda of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, A/69/251, September 19, 2014, and A/69/251/Add.1, June 1, 2015C. Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly at Its Sixty-ninth Session Chapter 2: Security CouncilA. Commentary by Jacques Fomerand: The Security Council--Plus Ça Change . . . ?B. Regular Documentation: Report of the Security Council, 1 August 2014-31 July 2015, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 2), A/70/2, 2015C. Resolutions Adopted by the Security CouncilD. Statements by the President of the Security CouncilE. Selected Documentation: Report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations on Uniting Our Strengths for Peace: Politics, Partnership and People, A/70/95-S/2015/446, June 17, 2015 Chapter 3: Economic and Social CouncilA. Commentary by Tim Wall: The Economic and Social Council--A Hesitant Start into a Bold New EraB. Regular Documentation: Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2015, A/70/3, 2015C. Resolutions Adopted by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chapter 4: International Court of JusticeA. Commentary by Professor Alexander K.A. Greenawalt: The International Court of Justice and International Criminal Tribunals--Between Obligation and ComplianceB. Regular Documentation1. Report of the International Court of Justice, 1 August 2014-31 July 2015, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 4), A/70/4, 20152. Report of the International Criminal Court, 1 August 2014-31 July 2015, A/70/350, August 28, 20153. Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1 July 2014-30 June 2015, A/70/218-S/2015/577, July 31, 20154. Report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 1 August 2014-31 July 2015, A/70/226-S/2015/585, July 31, 2015 Chapter 5: SecretariatA. Commentary by Dr. Khalil A. Hamdani: The Secretariat--Advancing the Global AgendaB. Regular Documentation1. United Nations: Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization for 2014/2015, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 1), A/70/1, July 22, 20152. Annual Overview Report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2014, E/2015/71, April 29, 20153. United Nations Children's Fund: Annual Report of the Executive Director--performance and results for 2014, including report on implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review, E/ICEF/2015/5, April 15, 20154. United Nations Development Programme: Annual report of the Administrator of UNDP on the strategic plan--performance and results for 2014, DP/2015/11, May 11, 20155. United Nations Population Fund: Report of the Executive Director for 2014--progress made in implementation of the UNFPA strategic plan 2014-2017, DP/FPA/2015/5 (Part I), April 21, 20156. United Nations Office for Project Services: Annual Report of the Executive Director, DP/OPS/2015/2, April 1, 20157. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Report of the High Commissioner for 2014/2015, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 36), A/70/36, July 30, 20158. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Report of the High Commissioner for 2014/2015, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 12), A/70/12, August 20, 20159. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Report of the Commissioner-General for 2014, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 13), A/70/13, 201510. World Food Programme: Annual Performance Report for 2014, WFP/EB.A/2015/4, May 21, 201511. UN-Women: Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director on progress made on the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women strategic plan, 2014-2017, including operational activities in 2014, UNW/2015/6, May 6, 2015