In the fall of 2006, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, collaborated with the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies to organize a number of closed brainstorming sessions to chart priorities for the eighth UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, who will assume office on 1 January 2007.

Four sessions, each focusing on a critical area, were held in October and November 2006. Thomas G. Weiss moderated the discussions, each attended by some twenty specialists, for which Peter J. Hoffman served as rapporteur. Juergen Stetten and Volker Lehmann represented the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

The sessions were:

• Development and Environment (presenter: Richard Jolly)
• Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention (presenter: Iain Levine)
• Peace and Security (presenter: Edward C. Luck)
• UN Secretariat (presenter: James O.C. Jonah)

Click here for the final report.