Set: 2015 Annl Rev UN Affairs (6 volumes)

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 Reforming the UN: A Chronology (2016), 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, 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.

• Preface to the Annual Review of United Nations Affairs 2015/2016: A New Secretary-General to Drive the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Principles by Joachim Müller and Karl P. SauvantContributors and Co-editorsCalendar of Conferences and Meetings of the United Nations, September 15, 2015, to September 13, 2016List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: General AssemblyA. Commentary by Professor John R. Mathiason: The General Assembly--How to Get to 2030B. Regular Documentation1. Statement to the General Assembly by Mr Mogens Lykketoft, President of the General Assembly, following the opening of the seventieth session, A/70/PV.1, September 15, 2015, pp. 1-32. Statement to the General Assembly by Mr Mogens Lykketoft, President of the General Assembly, on the closing of the seventieth session, A/70/PV.118, September 13, 2016, pp. 1-43. Agenda of the seventieth session of the General Assembly, A/70/251, September 18, 2015, A/70/251/Add.1, October 5, 2015, and A/70/251/Add.2, April 26, 2016C. Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly at Its Seventieth Session Chapter 2: Security CouncilA. Commentary by Jacques Fomerand: The Security Council--A Crisis of Relevance?B. Regular Documentation: Report of the Security Council, 1 August 2015-31 December 2016, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 2), A/71/2, 2017 [omitted in this edition because of delayed release of document]C. Resolutions Adopted by the Security CouncilD. Statements by the President of the Security Council Chapter 3: Economic and Social CouncilA. Commentary by John Burley: The Economic and Social Council--A Breath of Fresh AirB. Regular Documentation: Report of the Economic and Social Council on its 2016 Session, A/71/3, August 19, 2016C. 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--The Fragility of LawB. Regular Documentation1. Report of the International Court of Justice, 1 August 2015-31 July 2016, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 4), A/71/4, August 11, 20162. Report of the International Criminal Court, 1 August 2015-31 July 2016, A/71/342, August 19, 20163. Report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 1 August 2015-31 July 2016, A/71/263-S/2016/670, August 1, 2016 Chapter 5: SecretariatA. Commentary by Dr. Khalil A. Hamdani: The Secretariat--The Changing of the GuardB. Regular Documentation 1. United Nations: Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization for 2015/2016, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 1), A/71/1, July 5, 20162. Annual Overview Report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2015, E/2016/56, April 1, 20163. United Nations Children's Fund: Report on the Midterm Review of the Strategic Plan, 2014-2017 and Annual Report of the Executive Director, 2015: performance and results, including a report on the implementation of the quadrennial comprehensive policy review, E/ICEF/2016/6, April 15, 20164. United Nations Development Programme: Midterm Review of the UNDP Strategic Plan, 2014-2017, Including the Annual Report of the Administrator for 2015, DP/2016/9, April 20, 20165. United Nations Population Fund: Integrated Midterm Review and Progress Report on Implementation of the UNFPA Strategic Plan, 2014-2017, Report of the Executive Director 2015, DP/FPA/2016/2 (Part I), April 25, 201[6]6. United Nations Office for Project Services: Annual Report of the Executive Director, DP/OPS/2016/2, April 8, 20167. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Report of the High Commissioner for 2015/2016, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 36), A/71/36, August 5, 20168. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Report of the High Commissioner for 2015/2016, covering the period 1 July 2015-30 June 2016, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 12), A/71/12, August 22, 20169. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Report of the Commissioner-General for 2015, Official Records of the General Assembly (Supplement No. 13), A/71/13, 201610. World Food Programme: Annual Performance Report for 2015, E/2016/14, September 13, 201611. UN-Women: Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on Progress Made on the Strategic Plan, 2014-2017, including the Midterm Review of the Strategic Plan, UNW/2016/6, May 27, 2016