Take Immediate Steps to Implement Reforms SetOut in Pact for Future, Secretary-General Urges at Economic and Social Council Eightieth Anniversary Commemoration

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “ECOSOC80:  A Turning Point for Multilateralism”, in New York today: 

I am honoured to join you to mark this important milestone. Eighty years ago today, the Economic and Social Council met for the first time.  Its mandate was amb